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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 02:09:35 JST Aral Balkan

   RE: https://velocipederider.com/@ruari/116222415046722611

   This 👇

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 17:45:39 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Orca? | ??️‍⚧️
     • Alnakar 🇨🇦

     @Orca @Alnakar It’s even worse than that: it’s called malicious compliance. The cookie banners/modals are made as disruptive and complex as possible to instill the sense that the regulation is the problem.

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     Orca? | ??️‍⚧️ (orca@nya.one)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 17:45:41 JST Orca? | ??️‍⚧️

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     • Alnakar 🇨🇦
     @Alnakar@mastodon.world @aral@mastodon.ar.al Worse.
     We've been suffering for something worse.
     It doesn't have to be like this, but because of the greed of website owners and ad tech companies we're forced to click through these shit, only to still be forced to consent to data processing by some of their partners.
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     Alnakar 🇨🇦 (alnakar@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 17:45:43 JST Alnakar 🇨🇦

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     @aral wait, what?

     seriously?

     we've been suffering this whole time for nothing?