How can you criticize The Guardian of all places, when they let people read their articles for free? This is puzzling to me.

To me, this is an example of how someone can be very generous and people still find a way to ask for more.

>they let people read their articles for free? This is puzzling to me.

That's the data use consent part...which the article talked about:

>We see a handful of large platforms harvesting users’ private data to share with commercial brokers

>On many platforms, we are no longer the customers, but instead have become the product. Our data, even if anonymised, is sold on to actors we never intended it to reach, who can then target us with content and advertising.

...hence irony. Guardian is either pay or agree to data use

In the UK? I can choose "reject all" after a couple of obnoxious cookie banner clicks in the EU.