yeah, but a choice between "ad+tracking" and "no-ads,no-tracking,payment" is not GDPR compliant. It's just that a huge part of EU newspapers do not like it leading to very long outdrawn court proceedings, and other issues.
Basically GDPR says you have to make it as simple to use your site with and without "tracking".
The important part here is it says "without tracking" not "without ads", so the choice presented is intentional deceptive and misleading. There is no technical reason to not have GDPR complaint ads, it's just that web ad market is dominated by a few quasi monopolies (leading Google) and they don't like "not targeted" advertisement at all.
What they theoretically have to provide is the choice between "targeted ad, tracking", "untargeted ad, no tracking" or "no ad, no tracking, payment".
That is not a GDPR violation, no. Most German newspapers do this, and it has been tried in court - it's legal. The court only mandated that the subscription fee cannot be substantially higher than the value of the data that would have otherwise been sold.
dathinab|6 months ago
Basically GDPR says you have to make it as simple to use your site with and without "tracking".
The important part here is it says "without tracking" not "without ads", so the choice presented is intentional deceptive and misleading. There is no technical reason to not have GDPR complaint ads, it's just that web ad market is dominated by a few quasi monopolies (leading Google) and they don't like "not targeted" advertisement at all.
What they theoretically have to provide is the choice between "targeted ad, tracking", "untargeted ad, no tracking" or "no ad, no tracking, payment".
Dylan16807|6 months ago
And heise.de has already gotten in trouble for this before.
indigo945|6 months ago