EDIT: I didn't realize the anger this would bring out of people. It was supposed to be a funny meme based on recent real-life situations I've encountered, not an attack on the EU.
I appreciate the effort of the EU cookie laws. The practice of them just doesn't live up to the theory of the law. Shady companies are always going to find a way to be shady.
So far I’ve only seen small US newspaper who did this. Is anyone angry about this?
There's a medical website that appears in top searches (forget the name) that does it too but yeah, mostly seems to be news websites but not the big ones. In most cases Unlock Origin or the like can hide the panel they throw up to choose if you really need the info or archive or 12ft ladder can get you the info.
I dns blocked them after constantly clicking on the first result and it being their site. The "please enable cookies" wall started to get old fast
If only there was a way to store state of that decision..
That's the one!
I love how my description of basically "it's a website in searches" was enough for someone to figure it out 😄
https://www.tagesspiegel.de has no option to disable cookies without a subscription from contentpass. I think it's contentpass's business model.
I just happened to run into a few recently. Just venting some frustration.