It also makes me wonder, is the conversion rate on these god awful popups really that good? I've ever entered an email address into one of these boxes, and why

It also makes me wonder, is the conversion rate on these god awful popups really that good? I've ever entered an email address into one of these boxes, and why would I? More often than not they shove them into your face before you even see the page content, then again when you try to leave. It's terrible.