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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[–] 69 points 2 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago

    Vulgar and abusive language. Thats an automatic disconnect.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Privacy Plus $3

    Privacy Extended Plus $10

    Privacy Prime $18

    Unlimited Privacy $25

    Unlimited Privacy Elite $90

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    And they will continue the tracking, anyway.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

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

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

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

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    this is illegal (in the eu)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    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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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I am sure it's kinda illegal in the EU

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    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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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    "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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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    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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