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Most media paywalls nowadays have "pay or consent to cookies and swallow advertizing"...
yes, and that's illegal in the EU, hence the story?
Unfortunately, the DMA only applies to digital gatekeepers, not individual new outlets
yes, but the GDPR violation remains
The point is it is not just facebook, it is about nearly every media page here in Europe.
but you didn’t actually say that, instead you had a quadro-ellipsis that could’ve been anything
and you’ve also just restated an obvious fact/observation with no point of your own? was there one?
yes, and that’s illegal in the EU, hence the story?
i've seen this only on german newspapers tbh
heh curious, I often see it with .be/.nl/.bg ones (but from IPs very clearly not in eurozone (as in, not even under RIPE))
i've seen it at faz.net and at few other german ones but nowhere else
(.de too but you covered that)