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dspillett on Oct 27, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?

Some sites certainly do present the only options "accept or go away", it slightly more subtle "by continuing..."¹.

IIRC this is against both the meaning and the letter of the law, but that is not practical to properly enforce so they get away with it.

em-bee on Oct 27, 2022 [–]

the worst are accept or pay. i found it especially annoying to see that on a site like heise.de who should really know better.

dspillett on Oct 27, 2022 | [–]

There is at least some honesty in pay one way or another. The ad industry is so very rarely even that honest, that it is almost refreshing.

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