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Flimm | 5 months ago

This article is on theguardian.com , and it has started to require a paid subscription for all readers who don't want to share their data with 131 third parties. There is no privacy-respecting free option. The paid subscription is £5 per month, and it doesn't eliminate all ads. (This requirement may depend on which country you're in.)

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Larrikin|5 months ago

Use Ad Nauseum and Ad Guard on your network. Block the ads and stop worrying about this.

Eddy_Viscosity2|5 months ago

"doesn't eliminate all ads"... ug.

4ndrewl|5 months ago

Kind of the opposite of Facebook then who will charge you to hide ads, but still use your data.

You've got to pay somehow.

megapolitics|5 months ago

Why would there be a privacy-respecting free option? The content is not free to produce.

Flimm|5 months ago

There are many ways to monetize free online websites. The most obvious way is advertising. Advertising can be privacy-respecting.

The Guardian in particular is funded by a trust fund, by donations, by advertising, and maybe by other sources of revenue as well.