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After closing the huge sign-up popup, dismissing the Medium-App-suggestion and closing the cookie-banner I lost all interest in reading the article, which is a
by Lerain 7y ago
After closing the huge sign-up popup, dismissing the Medium-App-suggestion and closing the cookie-banner I lost all interest in reading the article, which is a shame.
I sometimes hate the internet.
At least the HN comments were insightful, unlike my rambling. Sorry about that.
- hunterloftis 7y agoRelated to an HN article from earlier this week: you might consider trying the Brave browser. With it, I didn't experience any of that.
- buboard 7y agoit auto-closes sign-up popups and cookie prompts ?
- hunterloftis 7y agoI just checked again (on mobile). It does show the sign-in prompt (was just less obtrusive on desktop). It doesn't show app prompts or cookie prompts.
- Lerain 7y agoI was trying to read it on an iPhone using Safari. The mobile "experience" is way, way worse compared to that on a big screen. At least two thirds of my screen estate were blocked by popups and that's how the vast majority of (mobile) users are going to experience it as well.
- draw_down 7y agoCome on.
- eyeundersand 7y agoReader View on Firefox (CTRL + ALT + R) is a blessing!
- deadbunny 7y agoNah, fuck them. If they're gonna be that hostile to users users should just leave.
- whywhywhywhy 7y agoRemember when the original pitch of Medium was “the best reading experience on the web”. Crazy how far they let their user experience slip.
- lightedman 7y ago"After closing the huge sign-up popup, dismissing the Medium-App-suggestion and closing the cookie-banner I lost all interest in reading the article, which is a shame." If everyone on HN spoke up about this maybe this issue would get fixed. Ban any site that bombards us with pop-ups or begs us to disable private mode from HN and this place would be a lot better off.