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Damn, that's an unreadable page. I've got ads (or white space if using ad blockers ) the height of my whole phone screen,a cookie banner that blurs the backgrou

by kace91 6y ago

Damn, that's an unreadable page. I've got ads (or white space if using ad blockers ) the height of my whole phone screen,a cookie banner that blurs the background, a close button following me around and discracting me with the filing animation, a static button for the smartphone view (that's exactly the same?), A footer that appears if I scroll up and from that point on stays in place... What else could they do to actively make users run away? Sirens blazing?

danwills 6y ago
Agreed, though I found if I pressed reader mode quickly enough (Opera on Android) then I got a pretty readable result.
smegger001 6y ago
this is why i hate the mobile web. its getting to the point i am seriously considering a text mode browser on my phone.
trianglem 6y ago
Interesting. I’m on iOS in the US and saw none of that except a banner at the bottom. Is this directed advertising or is there some other reason it’s not the same for me.
- kace91 6y ago
  I'm in the EU, but other than that I was using pretty much the same (safari on ios, iphone 12, with a content blocker )
tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
With uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger, I encountered nothing. No unexpected white space, no cookie banner at all, no close button or animation. This was on desktop though.
edem 6y ago
marquee!
edem 6y ago
Any time I encounter a page like this (I also got a paywall) I disable Javascript, and if it doesn't help I just leave.
Razengan 6y ago
> What else could they do to actively make users run away? Comic Sans and fellow-kids memes