[dathinab]

> That is not a GDPR violation, no. Most German newspapers do this,

and pretty much all of them are in GDPR violation

just due to long dragged out court proceeding and a lot of lobby power or lets be honest corruption there have been no wide spread consequences

btw. a lot of them have a very hidden 3rd "no tracking, no payment" option which might display non-targeted ads based on the content viewed and is the actual legal required alternative (instead of the "pure abo") this is still not quite legal but much easier to worm yourself through the legal system with