Ask HN: Who else is tired of these web things?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43036967

by mring33621 • 1 year ago

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news.ycombinator.com

1) cookie pop-ups

2) chat pop-ups

3) sign-up for a discount pop-ups

I just got to your site! Let me have a minute to look around before you bug me!

JohnFen• 1 year ago

The web has become borderline intolerable, and these things are among the reasons why. I've developed a "zero tolerance" habit. If a website throws up a surprise popup, I just immediately close the page and never go back. The only way to win is not to play.

drweevil• 1 year ago

Word. "We've noticed you have an ad blocker. Please disable to..." or "you need JavaScript enabled to..." Nope, wouldn't be prudent. Not doin' it.

LinuxBender• 1 year ago

Similar here but I take it a step further and drop their domains in ublock My Filters just in case I forget or some headline is just too tempting to click.

    ||theatlantic.com^
    ||techdirt.com^
    ||squarespace.com^
    ||politicopro.com^

etc...

stop50• 1 year ago

Since i use firefox with these addons:

1. Ublock origin

2. Cookieblock with an additional list that fixed some misscategorization

3. Consent-o-matic

cdaringe2• 1 year ago

“Have you tried our native app? Please please please download our stupid app PLLLEEEEASE?!?!!??!”

dormento• 1 year ago

Reddit web nags are famous around here. "It has cats on it".

Not only I won't install the app, I'll keep using old.reddit.com (might as well be called actually-useful.reddit.com...)

cdaringe2• 1 year ago

The subdomain resolves! …and sends you to new reddit

stefanos82• 1 year ago

The whole app situation reminded me the nightmares we had to face with browser toolbars that would get installed without our consent and would end up a mess!

https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/xbehqk/2000s_int...

ATechGuy• 1 year ago

That's exactly why I've built a tool using LLMs that filters out this garbage before showing me the content.

wruza• 1 year ago

I always go to ublock origin settings and load all “annoyances” lists which are off by default. Idk how much that helps, but worth trying I guess.

solardev• 1 year ago

If you use uBlock with the annoyances filters enabled, the majority of those go away. I very rarely see them.

zzo38computer• 1 year ago

I generally disable JavaScripts, and I disable many other things as well, so many of these things are not displayed on my computer anyways.

yogini• 1 year ago

I have noticed in general people don't like pop-ups or modals, at least during the first-mile experience of the product.

linkdd• 1 year ago

https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/

FergusArgyll• 1 year ago

Learn to use element zapper mode in ublock, I bound it to a shortcut, it's a lifesaver...

vednig• 1 year ago

web was nice, when the only CSS was background and text colors

meristohm• 1 year ago

I click the reader mode button in Firefox, and if it doesn't render as simplly text with some images (sometimes it's just a stub, for example), then I bail.

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