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I actually tend to try and work with them. With this article as well, I tried to change my data settings instead of just leaving. But I gave up after following the 7th link without encountering a single setting, just more links to follow.

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Any Oath website is the absolute worst about this - I tried twice to go through their Byzantine windows to “set my ad preferences” and gave up. They specifically designed it to be as difficult as possible, obviously. Now I just leave immediately anytime it’s an Oath website

I don't understand why companies are doing this.

Without these overlays, they violate the GDPR.

With these overlays, they violate the GDPR and annoy their users.

That's what I don't get. It's my understanding that these ad tracking options have to be opt-in. If I have to dig through countless hidden links and options to reject these settigns it's anything but opt-in.

If I can't reject this nonsense within 3 clicks I'll leave the site.

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