Submitted 13 hours ago by i_need_your_bones@piefed.social to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Pay to reject tracking
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
I wouldn’t believe them. If they’re doing this, they’re still selling your data.
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.
Not that this is a legit service, but aren’t the two main options:
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)
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 of old 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.
Lots of people would rather be tracked than pay
The ads chosen from tracking generate more revenue, unfortunately
Excuse me while I go block that whole domain in my network…
1467 partners. Lordy. I’m not one to slutshame, but wow …
lmao
this is illegal (in the eu)
oh, you want privacy?
sure, just give us your credit card details :)
And they will continue the tracking, anyway.
Privacy Plus $3
Privacy Extended Plus $10
Privacy Prime $18
Unlimited Privacy $25
Unlimited Privacy Elite $90
Unlimited Privacy Elite & Knuckles
Is Knuckles what you use if they fuck up?
Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
Vulgar and abusive language. Thats an automatic disconnect.
The writers of Black Mirror should sue every time someone steals one of their plots to make money.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 hours ago
These things are regularly ruled to be illegal in Germany and still many big news sites use them.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
Looking at you Guardian…