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You can recognize TCF is used when cookie banners have near-nonsense options for thousands of "partners".
Totally. And that "legitimate interest" nonsense takes ages to click through ๐คฆ
This is illegal, they are required to be opt-in, default toggled off.
"legitimate interest" is kind of a loophole, because there is some legal basis for it. This is why they think it is OK to leave it on by default.
It's obviously not OK and those data pigs should burn in hell.