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i_need_your_bones piefed.social i_need_your_bones@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-26
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This website forces you to pay for a subscription to reject -any- of it's tracking. No, you can't just go in and reject them individually. Any selection other than "accept all" gets you this page.

Here's the start of the dialog

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Soulphite reddthat.com Soulphite@reddthat.com
Joined: 2025-12-15
#2 · Quote Reply

Vulgar and abusive language. Thats an automatic disconnect.

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Björn swg-empire.de bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
Joined: 2023-07-08
#3 · Quote Reply

These things are regularly ruled to be illegal in Germany and still many big news sites use them.

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Darkassassin07 lemmy.ca Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-01
#4 · Quote Reply

Excuse me while I go block that whole domain in my network...

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#5 · Quote Reply

Privacy Plus $3

Privacy Extended Plus $10

Privacy Prime $18

Unlimited Privacy $25

Unlimited Privacy Elite $90

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Lost_My_Mind lemmy.world Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-07
#6 · Quote Reply

Privacy Plus $3 Privacy Extended Plus $10 Privacy Prime $18 Unlimited Privacy $25 Unlimited Privacy Elite $90

Unlimited Privacy Elite & Knuckles

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Skyline969 piefed.ca Skyline969@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-19
#7 · Quote Reply

Unlimited Privacy Elite & Knuckles

Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series

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cybervseas lemmy.world cybervseas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#8 · Quote Reply

1467 partners. Lordy. I'm not one to slutshame, but wow …

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-06-16
#9 · Quote Reply

And they will continue the tracking, anyway.

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CalemitousVariantK lemmy.world CalemitousVariantK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-11
#10 · Quote Reply

The writers of Black Mirror should sue every time someone steals one of their plots to make money.

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Alexstarfire lemmy.world Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-06
#11 · Quote Reply

Unlimited Privacy Elite & Knuckles

Is Knuckles what you use if they fuck up?

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LogicalDrivel sopuli.xyz LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-07-03
#12 · Quote Reply

These things are regularly ruled to be illegal in Germany and still many big news sites use them.

Looking at you Guardian...

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iuminou lemmy.dbzer0.com thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-12
#13 · Quote Reply

1467 partners. Lordy. I'm not one to slutshame, but wow …

lmao

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iuminou lemmy.dbzer0.com thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-12
#14 · Quote Reply

this is illegal (in the eu)

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ikidd lemmy.dbzer0.com ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-23
#15 · Quote Reply

I wouldn't believe them. If they're doing this, they're still selling your data.

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Bazoogle lemmy.world Bazoogle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
#16 · Quote Reply

Not that this is a legit service, but aren't the two main options:

  • Pay with money
  • Pay with ads/tracking

Services cost money. It's never free. Someone is always paying

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i_need_your_bones piefed.social i_need_your_bones@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-26
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

Not that this is a legit service, but aren't the two main options: Pay with money Pay with ads/tracking Services cost money. It's never free. Someone is always paying

I'm ok with advertisements personally. My issue is soley with the tracking. You're correct that this is how they pay for non paying customers but I'm focused on the morality of that monetization. Staticly inserted advertisments that don't track you are fine. Like the old newspapers which had a simple advertisement placed there that didn't watch you back. That's fine.

I'd be much happier if they paywalled the article, or parts of it.

If the free version isn't viable without immoral monetization it's unviable. Don't do it, or find another way to monitize.

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percent infosec.pub percent@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-05-03
#18 · Quote Reply

I'm ok with advertisements personally. My issue is soley with the tracking. You're correct that this is how they pay for non paying customers but I'm focused on the morality of that monetization. Staticly inserted advertisments that don't track you are fine. Like the old newspapers which had a simple advertisement placed there that didn't watch you back. That's fine. I'd be much happier if they...

The ads chosen from tracking generate more revenue, unfortunately

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percent infosec.pub percent@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-05-03
#19 · Quote Reply

Not that this is a legit service, but aren't the two main options: Pay with money Pay with ads/tracking Services cost money. It's never free. Someone is always paying

Honestly, I find it somewhat refreshing that a company offers this choice. It seems like a more honest, transparent way of doing business.

It's terrible from a marketing perspective though (this post is a good example of why)

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ohshit604 lemmy.halstead.host ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host
Joined: 2026-07-18
#20 · Quote Reply

1467 partners. Lordy. I'm not one to slutshame, but wow …

You know when a company is doing well with that many “partners”.

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MyVeryRealName lemmy.world MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-23
#21 · Quote Reply

I'm ok with advertisements personally. My issue is soley with the tracking. You're correct that this is how they pay for non paying customers but I'm focused on the morality of that monetization. Staticly inserted advertisments that don't track you are fine. Like the old newspapers which had a simple advertisement placed there that didn't watch you back. That's fine. I'd be much happier if they...

Lots of people would rather be tracked than pay

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iamthetot piefed.ca iamthetot@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-01-08
#22 · Quote Reply

Aren't they kind of just being honest about what all websites do anyway? Hell, most places you pay for are still tracking you and selling your data, so frankly this may be an upgrade over other services.

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mrgoosmoos lemmy.ca mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-24
#23 · Quote Reply

Excuse me while I go block that whole domain in my network...

I did that for a long time, but there's so many that I just kinda gave up on keeping up with it

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HexesofVexes lemmy.world HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#24 · Quote Reply

"Pay or Ok"

The latest scummy tactic of news sites; this started shortly after the ruling that reposting their content was grounds for a DMCA strike.

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Valmond lemmy.dbzer0.com Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-11-13
#25 · Quote Reply

Ad-Free*

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NarrativeBear lemmy.world NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-20
#26 · Quote Reply

Pay to reject tracking, but by next week your payment history is dumped online because of some website vulnerability...

Pay to be tracked is more like it.

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Darkassassin07 lemmy.ca Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-01
#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

I did that for a long time, but there's so many that I just kinda gave up on keeping up with it

Pihole FTW

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Axolotl feddit.it Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
Joined: 2025-10-10
#28 · Quote Reply

I am sure it's kinda illegal in the EU

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