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lixtra
I wait for google to ask for an opt in in robots.txt and reward this with a higher rating. Then, in a few years, they can exclusively serve opt in content.
hayksaakian
Google News is already an opt-in system by way of defining metadata and a very particular XML sitemap
akerro
Techdirt has trackers and profiles enabled by default which is against GDPR.
friedman23
They operate out of the US so they probably don't care. As an EU citizen you should file a formal complaint.
Senderman
In GDPR-land here, the site pushes a modal covering the content that lets you configure trackers. I'm no Phoenix Wright, but it looks like compliance to me.
UncleEntity
Not to worry, pretty soon we'll have a global internet and an EU only one...
salicideblock
They did show me a banner asking me to accept cookies and offering a management panel - where I turned all but the "necessary" identifiers off. I thought this was GDPR compliant, enlighten me I I'm wrong.
CGamesPlay
I was reading this article until a full page ad with no close button created a fake Facebook page with a roulette wheel offering me a prize.
Senderman
Well, at least you got a prize.

All I got was a modal I had to remove with the element inspector.

tannhaeuser
You can read it without annoyance by copy/pasting even if the modal is up. As much as I'd like a rational discussion about link preview of snippets (such as Google and DDG do for Wikipedia, StackOverflow articles, and also for news from ad-financed sites such that users don't go to the origin sources), this article unfortunately isn't contributing.