It's a worldwide event that leaves no Street View unturned.

Archived link: https://archive.is/qHSPD

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

  • azertyfun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • uberstar@lemmy.mlOP
      5·
      2 months ago

      Good find, I had assumed people around here would have uBlock Origin with at least one Annoyances filter on (or similar), this is possible via Firefox mobile as well.

      Here’s an archived link, not sure if that helps: https://archive.is/qHSPD

      • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 months ago

        I have uBlock Origin but didn’t bother configuring any additional filters. My desktop has consent-o-matic as well I think (which unlike a filter actually auto-rejects the tracking stuff).

        However on a new profile (no extensions) I didn’t get the prompt, and neither did I on chromium. Just checked on windows as well, still not prompt. So it seems to just not prompt on desktop for some reason… I wonder if that means the tracking is disabled or they just auto-consent.

    • drspod@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 months ago

      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@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        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.