OT Unwanted Cookies

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OT Unwanted Cookies

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nick

2024-09-10 14:17:24 UTC

My Off Topic complaint has possibly been going on for a long time, but I
have only just become aware of it.
I am being asked to 'pay to reject' cookies. Now this seems like a
cunning plan - but it is not for me. I have only found it on newspaper
sites so far - which I can, and will, avoid. Do you think they will
soon charge us for NOT listening to The Archers?
Grrrrrrrr.
Pauline Young

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)

Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.

Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.

I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.

Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

Kosmo

2024-09-10 14:26:10 UTC

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Post by nick

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

hang on - this has just appeared but not the post above?

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

john ashby

2024-09-10 14:35:49 UTC

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Post by Kosmo

Post by nick

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

hang on - this has just appeared but not the post above?

#MeToo

john(That doesn't seem quite right)

Kosmo

2024-09-10 14:51:50 UTC

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

hang on - this has just appeared but not the post above?

#MeToo
john(That doesn't seem quite right)

Is there more than one of you?

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

Retro Guy

2024-09-10 14:59:05 UTC

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

hang on - this has just appeared but not the post above?

#MeToo
john(That doesn't seem quite right)

The original post failed due to being posted while I was modifying
something, which I temporarily broke. I have pushed through that
original message so now it should appear on e-s and elsewhere. The other
message should propagate as normal (1 - 15 minutes after posting). I
checked another server outside of mine, and it is there.

The problem was caused by ME (admin of novabbs), not by the op :) Sorry
about that.

I'll leave you be now.

--
Retro Guy

john ashby

2024-09-10 15:14:56 UTC

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

hang on - this has just appeared but not the post above?

#MeToo
john(That doesn't seem quite right)

The original post failed due to being posted while I was modifying
something, which I temporarily broke. I have pushed through that
original message so now it should appear on e-s and elsewhere. The other
message should propagate as normal (1 - 15 minutes after posting). I
checked another server outside of mine, and it is there.
The problem was caused by ME (admin of novabbs), not by the op :) Sorry
about that.
I'll leave you be now.

And there we have it - cock up, not conspiracy.

john

john ashby

2024-09-10 15:21:49 UTC

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

hang on - this has just appeared but not the post above?

#MeToo
john(That doesn't seem quite right)

The original post failed due to being posted while I was modifying
something, which I temporarily broke. I have pushed through that
original message so now it should appear on e-s and elsewhere. The other
message should propagate as normal (1 - 15 minutes after posting). I
checked another server outside of mine, and it is there.
The problem was caused by ME (admin of novabbs), not by the op :) Sorry
about that.
I'll leave you be now.

And there we have it - cock up, not conspiracy.
john

For the avoidance of doubt, this message was meant tongue in cheek and I
would like to express my gratitude that there are still sys admins that
care enough about Usenet to a) run it on there servers and b)take the
sort of actions we have seen here. Thank you.

john

Sam Plusnet

2024-09-10 17:48:16 UTC

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I would like to express my gratitude that there are still sys admins
that care enough about Usenet to a) run it on there servers and

We all have daze like that.

Kosmo

2024-09-10 14:51:23 UTC

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hello where did this come from?

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

Chris

2024-09-11 09:08:24 UTC

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Post by nick

(Odd.... this message didn't show up in my Eternal September feed but
did appear on novabbs. I'm writing this from nova - let's see how that
works.)
Is this payment to avoid advertising or to avoid cookies? I'm
sometimes asked to subscribe to a service in order not to see ads;
I'm often asked to turn AdBlocker off because the site relies on ads
for funding (I don't knowingly use an adblocker but I think this
Firefox does something or other) And one site in particular,
Dailymotion, gets very aggressive about that.
Do you have examples of the sites which are doing this to you? I can
generally read paywalled items on news sites by turning JavaScript off
in my browser.
I had an idea this afternoon: Google Translate often translates
paywalled
foreign sites for me in their entirety so what would happen if I asked
it
to translate from English to -erme- English. It wouldn't let me do that
but it would accept the instruction to translate from Irish into English
so I used that instead. I chose a page from the Daily Telegraph which
blocked me when I went there directly, pasted the URL into the "Irish"
side and clicked translate into English. And it did it! More research
needed I think.
Nick
(Let's press send and see if this appears through ES)

If I’m lucky, by hitting Aa, (in blue) at top left in my emails, as Google
is an even closer friend than umra, and a page has been formatted
correctly, it allows one to read stuff without clutter. It’s an
accessibility tool for the likes of me. One has to be trigger finger quick
for paywall, but I can be lucky. Sometimes it’s a plain text rendition,
sometimes photos get left but it’s getting rid of adverts and reformatting
in decent sized font that suits me fine.

Mrs McT

Pyoung

2024-09-11 11:40:27 UTC

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I am a pig headed so-and-so therefore any site which will not let me
past its cookies, is not visited by me again. I often use Google on a
very old iPad and it always lets me reject its cookies. Currently I am
fighting off Co-pilot on my HP laptop. I am so glad I no longer have to
teach people to use software - it was all so much easier 30 years ago.

Pauline Young