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Wow, miss this a lot - Back when content was truly king. Literally, people had websites to be helpful to others. Open a website in 2020 and it will be either o
by neya 6y ago
Wow, miss this a lot - Back when content was truly king. Literally, people had websites to be helpful to others.
Open a website in 2020 and it will be either of these:
1. Popup randomly spits IN YOUR FACE - "Do you want to sign up for my <some stupid email series about making money>?"
2. Some dumb chatbot destroys your ear drum with a sudden bleep - "Hi, do you have any questions about our pricing yada yada? Reply here"
3. clicks download link - Fancy form popups up - "Enter your email to receive the PDF"
4. Opens website - "We care about your privacy - look at all these 200 million cookies we collect about you. Accept to continue"
5. Random Google login prompt with my face and email on a third party website I just discovered exists on the internet - Would you like to sign in into this website using your email xxxx@gmail.com?
6. Some marketing guru who "made it" flaunting his Lamborghini teaching you how to get rich online with a small greyed text next to his fucking name "Sponsored"
Sigh. I really wish we could undo a lot of things in the web development space and kept it simple.
- Jabbles 6y agoI definitely remember popups being around for a long time. They used to open a new window (no tabs back then), but ofc now they do it in the same site.