It's hard to deny that there's a huge problem with most voucher code sites at the moment.
1 - "Click here to view code". If this opens the site and drops the cookie, then to my mind it's a forced click. I think it's equivalent to a content site having a link that states "Prices too low to show - Click here to view them" on *every* product.
2 - Out of date codes. No site can be 100% accurate. But many sites deliberately mislead visitors *and force more clicks* by leaving codes on site well after their expiry date.
The problem of site scraping is a real one, but it has nothing to do with dropping cookies.
It's just an excuse - why not have a "Click here to reveal discount" that didn't open a new window, but instead merely showed the code and a link to the site? No dropped cookies, and *really* gives the site visitor the choice of whether to visit the site.
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