This is also a dark pattern by NPR. It is nice to have a plaintext version available, but
1. The "DECLINE AND VISIT PLAIN TEXT SITE" button does not go to the text version of the article, and you have to actually figure out that the id is part of the url to find the article.
2. The only alternative to all the sharing of personal information is heavily degraded - there might be multimedia that is part of the article that is actually necessary for it. This is probably a violation of GDPR Art. 7. part 4.
I'd sure love to see the EU try and assert extraterritorial jurisdiction over an American organization publishing news explicitly intended for American audiences...
Fair enough, although I suspect someone just figured (basic) compliance was less expensive than litigation. Either way, I bristle at the idea that EU law applies to NPR's main site. That's like saying the U.S. Congress can require things of bbc.co.uk
1. The "DECLINE AND VISIT PLAIN TEXT SITE" button does not go to the text version of the article, and you have to actually figure out that the id is part of the url to find the article.
2. The only alternative to all the sharing of personal information is heavily degraded - there might be multimedia that is part of the article that is actually necessary for it. This is probably a violation of GDPR Art. 7. part 4.