Archived link: https://archive.is/qHSPD
I was just scrolling through my youtube recommendations out of boredom and then suddenly, out of thin air, youtube’s algo comes in with a rare W: The Geoguessr World Cup 2024. This is the sort of entertainment I didn’t know I wanted lol.
I only managed to start watching when the semi-finals were happening and my god, it was way too thrilling than I expected it to be.
VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llh4_h-vvKQ
Skip to Grand Finals (honestly watch the entire thing LOL): https://www.youtube.com/live/Llh4_h-vvKQ?feature=shared&t=26823
Unrelated to the article itself but I initially clicked on mobile and was presented with this clearly GDPR-violating prompt:
Where’s the button to reject tracking? It doesn’t exist.
For reference this is the correct prompt on admiral’s own website:
First time I see GDPR violation this brazen. While writing this comment I finally figured out how to reject consent (clicking on “Purposes” and manually deselecting each purpose).
I double checked with remote debugging, the button is not just hidden in CSS; it’s missing entirely:
For some reason I don’t get a consent prompt at all from my desktop even on a brand new firefox profile – perhaps because of my user-agent?
Anyways I felt motivated today so I’ve sent an email to their Data Protection Officer and set a reminder for next month in case they ghost me.
Good find, I had assumed people around here would at least have uBlock Origin with at least one Annoyances filter on (or similar), this is possible via Firefox mobile as well. I didn’t get the prompt as well on desktop, probably because of the Annoyances filter that blocks the consent prompts anyway.
Here’s an archived link, not sure if that helps: https://archive.is/qHSPD
I have uBlock Origin but didn’t bother configuring any additional filters. My desktop has consent-o-matic as well I think (which unlike a filter actually auto-rejects the tracking stuff).
However on a new profile (no extensions) I didn’t get the prompt, and neither did I on chromium. Just checked on windows as well, still not prompt. So it seems to just not prompt on desktop for some reason… I wonder if that means the tracking is disabled or they just auto-consent.
Wait until you see the ones that let you choose between “Accept All” and “Subscribe to monthly plan 4.99/mo”
I saw a website like that the other week and it was based in an EU country.
Those ones are still under litigation AFAIK. Last I heard about it they lost their latest court case but it will be years before it reaches the top EU courts or an amendment is made to the GDPR.
Trueeee, I spent whole Saturday watching that thing. It was so thrilling. I am happy, that I am not the only one, amazed by this “e-sport” :D
