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Designed by men, for men: Why sex with robots does not have appeal among women (english.elpais.com)
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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Illegal where? What law does it break?

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 15 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

In EU with their GDPR/cookie laws. I’m pretty sure hiding the declining of tracking or cookies behind a paywall is not supported under those laws.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

It is very legal and common in France too. You're free to decline as long as you're a customer. You're free to accept or not see the web site.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 3 points 6 hours ago

I wish. In the end it all depend on how individual countries interpret the EU law. In France it was decided that "either let us shit all over your privacy or pay a subscription" was okay and in the spirit of the law.

It's bullshit IMO, but lots of sites ran with it. So those I refuse to interact with now.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

This is very common in the EU. The majority of news sites do it. I believe it's technically legal because they aren't under obligation to provide a free access at all

[–] ITPaw@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 hours ago

It’s not but I guess they know that nothing really happens to them doing this.