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by cjpearson 279 days ago
In many cases it is required to access the content. Courts have allowed "Consent or pay" for sites such as newspapers.
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In some cases is how I would state it. It's actually very rare that you have to consent to 'accept all cookies' to read content, I've never actually seen it myself. 'Pay if you want to read more' is common, for certain types of sites.