Slashdot's RSS feed includes cookie banner, upsets readers
Slashdot's RSS feed started displaying a cookie consent banner, a move users say disrupts how newsfeeds work. Some readers speculated NetNewsWire—the RSS app—might be loading the site in a way that triggers this banner. The app makers had previously tried to filter it out, but users report the banner still pops up intermittently. No word yet on whether this is due to a recent site change or a bug.
- Slashdot's RSS feed shows a cookie consent banner
- Readers complain banner interrupts article flow
- Banner appears inconsistently, not every article
- NetNewsWire tried to block it in earlier updates
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