• finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Damn! Just when I was about to continue never having bought anything from either of those!

    Edit: Why does the WSJ need to ‘verify my device?’ What do they think it is? An otter?

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      2 days ago

      Those checks are there to confirm that the visit is from a genuine browser (as opposed to a bot that is trying to scrape the content).