The last thing I wanted to do today was write about Threads. I haven't been using it much, and the few times I've tried, I haven't liked it much either. For one thing, they're allowing some of the most toxic ...
IDK; I tried it from VPN from Europe was what I meant by “when it’s accessed from the EU.” I honestly have no explanation why I didn’t see the prompt; my best guess is that either the geolocation or VPN fucked up, or that my Adblocker removed a unified package that also included the prompt.
To search for ad settings I tried clicking AdChoices from the bottom navigation (from Europe) and it took me to a page that lectured me about how I should turn off my third-party cookie blocking, and when I tried from a different browser it succeeded (without having prompted me about cookies) and then announced that I had the opportunity to customize my ads experience from 111 different companies:
I stand by my assessment of relative cuntiness of Variety compared with LGF’s saying hey we don’t sell your info but we do Google Ads, here’s how to disable their tracking of you if you want, fuck EU’s cookie laws and their weird little checkbox, have a good one.
Seems like a jest about whether you live in EU or not.
If you’re not in EU and are not seeing a huge reject all button, it probably means that they are serving you a worse cookie popup because of location.
IDK; I tried it from VPN from Europe was what I meant by “when it’s accessed from the EU.” I honestly have no explanation why I didn’t see the prompt; my best guess is that either the geolocation or VPN fucked up, or that my Adblocker removed a unified package that also included the prompt.
To search for ad settings I tried clicking AdChoices from the bottom navigation (from Europe) and it took me to a page that lectured me about how I should turn off my third-party cookie blocking, and when I tried from a different browser it succeeded (without having prompted me about cookies) and then announced that I had the opportunity to customize my ads experience from 111 different companies:
… and so on. I was also entertained by its summary of privacy policy within the State of California.
I stand by my assessment of relative cuntiness of Variety compared with LGF’s saying hey we don’t sell your info but we do Google Ads, here’s how to disable their tracking of you if you want, fuck EU’s cookie laws and their weird little checkbox, have a good one.
I tried that website as well, ublock origin just blocked the pop-up for me. Definitely a big reject all button once it shows up though.