[phaylon]

I actually tend to try and work with them. With this article as well, I tried to change my data settings instead of just leaving. But I gave up after following the 7th link without encountering a single setting, just more links to follow.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

Any Oath website is the absolute worst about this - I tried twice to go through their Byzantine windows to “set my ad preferences” and gave up. They specifically designed it to be as difficult as possible, obviously. Now I just leave immediately anytime it’s an Oath website

[anoncake]

I don't understand why companies are doing this.

Without these overlays, they violate the GDPR.

With these overlays, they violate the GDPR and annoy their users.