A consent wall is consent and this ruling is why I hope European regulatory bodies fall into a hole.
How do you think those "free" articles are paid for? They're paid for with cookies.
This is the same wall that separates me from content on paywall sites - it's just that you don't get out your credit card. Instead, you whip out your cookie jar.
There is no universal "right" to view content. If the content is behind a cookie wall, you have two choices - either accept cookies or fuck off.
No they are paid for with ads. How a website determines what ad to show is where it gets troublesome. There is no requirement to have 1000 trackers load cookies every time I go to your website in order to show me an ad.
How do you think those "free" articles are paid for? They're paid for with cookies.
This is the same wall that separates me from content on paywall sites - it's just that you don't get out your credit card. Instead, you whip out your cookie jar.
There is no universal "right" to view content. If the content is behind a cookie wall, you have two choices - either accept cookies or fuck off.