it is illegal. see the other comments below.
replywhat's most grating is that heise as a technical publication that is much more familiar with these issues should really know about this.
The pay to eject is illegal under gdpr
replyhttps://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-i...
NOYB doing all the good work once more
oh finally, we were just talking about this a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444803
replyhere is another one (from the above link)
https://noyb.eu/en/nordic-media-giant-schibsted-switches-pay...