kautau comments on Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

While that’s true, I’ve seen GDPR enforcement to be sparse, at best. Someone has a cookie banner and they aren’t questioned, but even if you “deny all” there is still spyware on the site. I will do the usual. Hope for the best, expect the worst

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[–] Gamey@feddit.de 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The method of "enforcment" for that part of the GDPR is awful but for a big and fairly hated player like Reddit it will probably actually work, some organization or competitor just has to file a formal complaint. There was some NGO a few years ago that filed cimplaints against various big players and got platforms like Twitch to fix their banners that way but idk what happened to them!

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Oh yeah not saying it won’t make waves for something like Reddit, it just wish it was more actively enforced from reports

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[–] Gamey@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago

I couldn't agree more, a single look at our newspapers in Austira reveals a sad trueth, even the good ones use illegal "consent or pay" cookie banners!

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