> If they didn't then there would be no website for you to complain about.
Oh no, my business model of selling everything I can glean about you in exchange for some recycled 'content' is under threat! Oh noes!
If you can't operate without tracking and you can't legitimately and consensually persuade people to participate in it without resorting to dark patterns and hiding controls, your business is no longer viable, sorry. Find a new model or make way for someone else that can.
Oh no, my business model of selling everything I can glean about you in exchange for some recycled 'content' is under threat! Oh noes!
If you can't operate without tracking and you can't legitimately and consensually persuade people to participate in it without resorting to dark patterns and hiding controls, your business is no longer viable, sorry. Find a new model or make way for someone else that can.