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Here's another article if you don't want to visit Techcrunch because of its redirection to advertising.com: https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/walmart-shuts-down

Here's another article if you don't want to visit Techcrunch because of its redirection to advertising.com: https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/walmart-shuts-down-jet-4-years-after-buying-the-company-2020-5 https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/walmart-shuts-down-jet-4-y...

politelemon 6y ago
Thank you, between pihole, ublock and Nextdns, I'm now unable to access techcrunch due to the forced redirect, so I've just dropped it altogether.
- SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
  Try using links or w3m.
swyx 6y ago
what happened to Techcrunch to make it so shit? Like i'm sure even the people who work at Techcrunch hate how bad it has become. Did the company change hands or something?
- Kye 6y ago
  AOL bought it.
- coldpie 6y ago
  Browsing Wikipedia briefly, Techcrunch has been owned by AOL since 2010; AOL was acquired by Verizon in 2015; Yahoo! was purchased by Verizon in 2016; AOL was merged with Yahoo! to become Oath in 2016, and I believe all of the above mentioned subdivisions are now circling Verizon's toilet. They're just trying to find ways to monetize before the flush happens. If you're going to die anyway, why not make a few bucks selling out your users? Acquisitions are bad, folks.
  - scarface74 6y ago
    Acquisitions are bad, folks Only two YCombinator companies have ever gone public. The rest of the companies “exited” by either dying or being acquired. I doubt many of them are chugging along as profitable “lifestyle business” without having a goal of being acquired.
    - billme 6y ago
      Curious, which two YC companies went public?
      - scarface74 6y ago
        Dropbox and PagerDuty.
      - reducesuffering 6y ago
        Dropbox ($DBX) and PagerDuty ($PD)
  - dboreham 6y ago
    Except YouTube.
- hadrien01 6y ago
  I think there are three factors for this redirection: the Oath/Verizon (probably illegal) interpretation of GDPR that you opt-in once you arrive on their websites; the IAB (deeply arguable) interpretation of GDPR that once you opt-in to one partner, you opt-in to everyone of their partners; and the fact that ad-blockers simply blocked the modal to accept cookies/data tracking/data sharing/etc. Now they simply redirect to advertising.com so that the user is forced to accept every form of tracking before being able to read an article, their emails, a blog, etc.
- eloisant 6y ago
  Yes, I remember in the 2000's when Micheal Arrigton could make or break a startup with Techcrunch. Those days are long gone.
Tyr42 6y ago
Techcrunch also breaks the back button, so you have to mash it to get back to HN
- tzs 6y ago
  In many browsers you can click-hold the back button to get a pop up menu of previous pages. That can usually get you back easier than mashing. Some sites break the back button in such a way that they only appear once in the pop up, so with them it is just click-hold and select one entry and you are done. Others end up with many entries in the pop up so the one you want is farther down, but the one you want is still there too. And some fill the whole list, but if you select the bottom list entry, and then click-hold again (maybe more than once if the site is really obnoxious), you can usually get out.
  - roger20 6y ago
    Tip of the day thanks man !
BonoboIO 6y ago
I counted 4 redirects, which include .advertising.com & .yahoo.com With countless Cookies ....

politelemon 6y ago

Thank you, between pihole, ublock and Nextdns, I'm now unable to access techcrunch due to the forced redirect, so I've just dropped it altogether.

SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
Try using links or w3m.

swyx 6y ago

what happened to Techcrunch to make it so shit? Like i'm sure even the people who work at Techcrunch hate how bad it has become. Did the company change hands or something?

Kye 6y ago
AOL bought it.
coldpie 6y ago
Browsing Wikipedia briefly, Techcrunch has been owned by AOL since 2010; AOL was acquired by Verizon in 2015; Yahoo! was purchased by Verizon in 2016; AOL was merged with Yahoo! to become Oath in 2016, and I believe all of the above mentioned subdivisions are now circling Verizon's toilet. They're just trying to find ways to monetize before the flush happens. If you're going to die anyway, why not make a few bucks selling out your users? Acquisitions are bad, folks.
- scarface74 6y ago
  Acquisitions are bad, folks Only two YCombinator companies have ever gone public. The rest of the companies “exited” by either dying or being acquired. I doubt many of them are chugging along as profitable “lifestyle business” without having a goal of being acquired.
  - billme 6y ago
    Curious, which two YC companies went public?
    - scarface74 6y ago
      Dropbox and PagerDuty.
    - reducesuffering 6y ago
      Dropbox ($DBX) and PagerDuty ($PD)
- dboreham 6y ago
  Except YouTube.
hadrien01 6y ago
I think there are three factors for this redirection: the Oath/Verizon (probably illegal) interpretation of GDPR that you opt-in once you arrive on their websites; the IAB (deeply arguable) interpretation of GDPR that once you opt-in to one partner, you opt-in to everyone of their partners; and the fact that ad-blockers simply blocked the modal to accept cookies/data tracking/data sharing/etc. Now they simply redirect to advertising.com so that the user is forced to accept every form of tracking before being able to read an article, their emails, a blog, etc.
eloisant 6y ago
Yes, I remember in the 2000's when Micheal Arrigton could make or break a startup with Techcrunch. Those days are long gone.

Tyr42 6y ago

Techcrunch also breaks the back button, so you have to mash it to get back to HN

tzs 6y ago
In many browsers you can click-hold the back button to get a pop up menu of previous pages. That can usually get you back easier than mashing. Some sites break the back button in such a way that they only appear once in the pop up, so with them it is just click-hold and select one entry and you are done. Others end up with many entries in the pop up so the one you want is farther down, but the one you want is still there too. And some fill the whole list, but if you select the bottom list entry, and then click-hold again (maybe more than once if the site is really obnoxious), you can usually get out.
- roger20 6y ago
  Tip of the day thanks man !

BonoboIO 6y ago

I counted 4 redirects, which include .advertising.com & .yahoo.com With countless Cookies ....