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[-] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 50 points 5 months ago

whoever put that "reject all"s are mandatory should be getting praised.

it would suck to individually reject those 797 "partners".

[-] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This button doesn't often work as you'd expect. Websites/Apps can (and do) still approve so called "legitimate interest" option. The only way to be sure is to click "manage preferences" and dig in to check if legitimate interest is enabled. Sometimes you'll see "object all" in there, but some websites require to manually disable legitimate interest for each of the hundreds of partners manually.

[-] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 14 points 5 months ago

this could be its own twilight zone episode

fuck

[-] user224 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Recently a pirate website for music, free-mp3-download.net got updated with this crap included. You have to toggle it off every time. All vendors separately. I took a stopwatch, it takes me around 2 minutes and 50 seconds.

Sounds friendly.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

To be fair, free-mp3-download.net is not a URL I would voluntarily go to. I mean seriously...

[-] user224 4 points 5 months ago

I don't judge by domain names.

It's also listed in the top 2 at FMHY: https://fmhy.net/audiopiracyguide#download-sites
And best site at DB0 megathread (!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com): https://rentry.co/megathread-music#free-mp3-download

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Give me your wallet! Can't refuse, I have a legitimate interest

[-] tslnox@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

I hate this. There is nothing legitimate about it. It's one of the biggest insults anyone ever gave me.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 5 months ago

Or just handle "legitimate interest" (i.e. page works) client side.

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

Doesn't Ghostery do that for us?

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

I checked Ghostery just this morning and user reviews claimed they sell your data as well.

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks, I'll look into that!!!

this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
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