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The GeoGuessr World Cup Is the Entertainment I Didn't Know I Needed This Week (www.makeuseof.com)

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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

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[–] azertyfun 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Unrelated to the article itself but I initially clicked on mobile and was presented with this clearly GDPR-violating prompt:

Tracking consent prompt with only an "Accept all" button

Where's the button to reject tracking? It doesn't exist.

For reference this is the correct prompt on admiral's own website:

Tracking consent prompt with a "Reject all" button next to "Accept all"

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:

HTML source showing no reject all button

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] azertyfun 2 points 2 months ago

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.

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