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OT: popups and banners managed to cover the whole page... :/ https://photos.app.goo.gl/PqV9FpqyPCujtFTJ6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/PqV9FpqyPCujtFTJ6

_joel 5y ago
Most of the HN crowd use adblockers
- frozenice 5y ago
  I use them on my desktop, too. There are none in this WebView embedded in this mobile app, though.
- tjpnz 5y ago
  That's more of an annoyance than an ad.
  - swarnie 5y ago
    Two clicks after OS install is annoying? We really are a privileged bunch aren't we =)
  - _joel 5y ago
    That's just untrue. Takes 2 seconds to install uBlock origin.
    - SquareWheel 5y ago
      I think you misinterpreted the parent comment. The banner being shown in the screenshot is being described as an annoyance, not an ad.
    - stonemetal12 5y ago
      Yeah, but now I have to manage on a per site basis about half a dozen different settings. I find it a necessary evil on mobile to control bandwidth usage, but on desktop I find it easier to just not visit or immediately leave low quality websites.
ezekg 5y ago
Sometimes I wonder if the people who work on such websites even occasionally visit their own site. I just don't understand.
- moltke 5y ago
  They're likely prescribed by PR people who think of everyone in bulk and less intelligent than themselves. The people actually building the site probably hate it.
- shadowgovt 5y ago
  The issue is that not every team remembers to test incognito from time-to-time. Those popups are all cookie-hidden if the cookies are set. Easy for an engineer working regularly on the product to accrete the cookies necessary to hide most of them over time. (Concretely in this case, I bet 99% of the engineers on that site have forgotten GDPR is a thing, especially since their compliance is being handled by third-party provider TrustArc. Easy for a frequent visitor to forget that every new visitor will get asked about the cookie use permission on the first visit).
afrcnc 5y ago
It's like that on almost any site these days.

_joel 5y ago

Most of the HN crowd use adblockers

frozenice 5y ago
I use them on my desktop, too. There are none in this WebView embedded in this mobile app, though.
tjpnz 5y ago
That's more of an annoyance than an ad.
- swarnie 5y ago
  Two clicks after OS install is annoying? We really are a privileged bunch aren't we =)
- _joel 5y ago
  That's just untrue. Takes 2 seconds to install uBlock origin.
  - SquareWheel 5y ago
    I think you misinterpreted the parent comment. The banner being shown in the screenshot is being described as an annoyance, not an ad.
  - stonemetal12 5y ago
    Yeah, but now I have to manage on a per site basis about half a dozen different settings. I find it a necessary evil on mobile to control bandwidth usage, but on desktop I find it easier to just not visit or immediately leave low quality websites.

ezekg 5y ago

Sometimes I wonder if the people who work on such websites even occasionally visit their own site. I just don't understand.

moltke 5y ago
They're likely prescribed by PR people who think of everyone in bulk and less intelligent than themselves. The people actually building the site probably hate it.
shadowgovt 5y ago
The issue is that not every team remembers to test incognito from time-to-time. Those popups are all cookie-hidden if the cookies are set. Easy for an engineer working regularly on the product to accrete the cookies necessary to hide most of them over time. (Concretely in this case, I bet 99% of the engineers on that site have forgotten GDPR is a thing, especially since their compliance is being handled by third-party provider TrustArc. Easy for a frequent visitor to forget that every new visitor will get asked about the cookie use permission on the first visit).

afrcnc 5y ago

It's like that on almost any site these days.