The Boards.ie Subscription

The site is safe for 14 months, the rest is speculation.

Appears to have been returned to the manufacturer for reprogramming.

This is nothing to do with what you post. It's about hundreds of advertising cookies.

PITA and if you clear data when you log out (as you should) you have to do this all over again (and scroll down to the ones that are hidden)

IMO any cookie form that does not have a prominent "Reject All" button is not compliant and it is forcing the user who doesn't want this crap to jump through hoops.

How can I find out when I subscribed, and when my next subscription is due?

I've had a look at my profile page and can't see anything there.

Current status should be really easy to find, no? Especially if another DD is due - or will I get an email in advance of that?

This exactly .

The previous form was detailed but after rejecting legit interest on 5 paragraphs it then progressed to object all vendors which was doable . This form has no general objection and multiple individual companies that are expressing legit interest in saving data and applying cookies and is not something I agree to normally .

I usually avoid sites that do this but on the case of boards would hope to have some sort of workaround especially if paying a subscription .

@Goldengirl Was wondering what the fuss about the consent form was about. My security prevented it from showing.

Had to disable my DNS settings on router, Portmaster (on windows) and had to clear my cache on mobile when temporarily disabled my private DNS to not see the consent form again. (Options nextdns.io or adguard dns using the free account versions of them.)

It is a chore to go through and I didn't even do so. Just blocked again so I don't have to consent or not to them.

@smacl When your logged out, the site doesn't know your a subscriber.

Absolutely. Same here . Not a case of shooting the messenger .

It's not on really having this over the Christmas period but nothing more can be done unfortunately until everybody back in January as he said .

This will affect how people feel about renewing subscriptions though some of which would be coming due because we were promised improvements and instead we get this !

Yes . I don't either .

Thats why I am not happy about this .

There is no way short of logging out clearing my cache now to get rid of this as it stands as the " consent " toggle on the mobile anyway does not work at all now to change preferences . I see this is being discussed elsewhere on the site by others too .

For this to happen just before Christmas is very annoying.

I feel my only option here is to log out , clear the cache of cookies etc and not log in now again until the New Year when this convoluted new consent issue is sorted out .

That's me gone 😐

Edit : just to follow on from this, it took me 5 full minutes to scroll down turning off consent until I finally got to Confirm Choices and I am still not sure I have a fully completed refusal .

thanks smuggler ….now in plain speak for people who are technically challenged and / or ignorant of all knowledge of how to do just about anything on a computer or tablet? 😊