Thanks a lot!
Just activated it, and a short test on two of the news sites I visit regularly confirmed it to be working! :-)

How does uBlock Origin help here, though?
I don’t think it blocks Cookie banners?

And it is not only this.
It also has the danger to invoke “chilling effects”, so self-censorship in normally private environments.
Chat control and similar ideas are anti-democratic and suppressive at their very core.

Organisiert von außerparlamentarischen Kommunisten oder von der rechten Regierungspartei von Parlamentspräsident Tomio Okamura.

Verschwiegen wird von tschechischen Kritikern aber meist, dass die Sudetendeutschen 2015 auf die missverständliche Forderung auf “Rückgewinnung der Heimat” verzichtet haben. Kontakte zum revanchistischen Witikobund wurden gekappt. Mit diesem völkischen Verein von Sudetendeutschen pflegt dagegen Okamura Umgang - genau wie mit der AfD.

Die Politikbeobachterin Lucie Stuchlikova hält die tschechische Debatte für absurd. Angesichts schlechter Umfragewerte sei der rechte Parlamentspräsident Okamura auf der Suche nach neuen imaginären Feindbildern. Migranten seien derzeit out und wollten außerdem gar nicht wirklich nach Tschechien. Roma als Feindbilder seien “ein alter Hut”. Die Kriegsflüchtlinge aus der Ukraine kämen bei rechten Wählern zwar gut an, seien aber eigentlich günstige Arbeitskräfte. “Was kann man dann doch machen? Nimm einen Sudetendeutschen!”

Spaltung?
Eher Rechte auf der Suche nach neuen Sündenböcken, um Hass schüren zu können.

Die Erkenntnis ist da, bloß ziehen die meisten andere Schlüsse daraus als die aktuelle Bundesregierung…

It’s actually a German book, but translated into 27 other languages, because world class literature! :-)

Without the hand, it would be at least 20$.
Most common artist mistake: Deciding to add hands.

Yes, that’s a regularly occuring POV.
Ok, almost at least. Minus the dog, unfortunately :-(

Well, at least it doesn’t require the blood and forced labor of people in 3rd world countries while also not filling the pockets of oppressive dictatorships.

But perhaps that is the appeal to some, only explanation I have.

I am at a complete loss why digging up rubies is still a profitable thing with efficient lab-growing of rubies being around for already a hundred or so years.

Systemisch sind E-Autos heute etwa doppelt so effizient wie Verbrenner.
Politische Begriffe wie „hocheffizienter Verbrenner“ ändern nichts an den physikalischen Grenzen.

Tja…

On other news:
Water is wet.

Screw you, Google!

I guess so.
Mullvad would probably one of the last to fall.

Well in that case, this only reinforces the idea that trying to ban them is an awful idea.

Yes, it would be - if someone was actually considered banning them.
Which (out of the reasons you mentioned) nobody does.

OP has been posting fake information about “banning” in their headline, which this comment thread actually is about…

stop trying to rationalize the trojan horse of age verification

Nobody is doing that.
The comment has been about OP spreading fake information by claiming the EU is considering banning VPNs.
Fake news is bad in itself and in this case might even hurt the cause of stopping privacy restrictions in the mid to long run.

Which defeats the purpose of the VPN

You should look up the purpose of a VPN.

how many half wits and half cocked votes you have on this, fuck all the way off

This language is completely out of place here.
Stay respectful and don’t insult (that’s not only me, but also rule 3 of this community).

A fun presentation, although I like the EFF’s Cover-Your-Track page more:
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Must have been Half Life.
(without the “2” - yes, I am that old).

Had a 20 year gaming pause some time after that and when starting again, everything was online…

Dude, the heading is still a completely false statement.

Nobody is considering banning VPNs.

It’s about possible age verification for VPNs (which is already more than bad enough out of obvious privacy reasons).

Please stop spreading fake news.

It’s bullshit.

Yes, you are right, it is.
(although the “children can’t buy internet” argument that turns up every time this topics are discussed, is also bullshit).

it’s identity verification

Yep, totally. End of anonymous use of the internet is the wet dream of some (primarily conservative) politicians.

But this has not been the point of my comment.
Rather that distributing fake news (“want to ban VPNs”) doesn’t magically become the right thing to do because the cause is a righteous one.

German. So at least the “crushing your enemies” part thankfully didn’t work out in the long run.