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I agree with your general point. It seems that every site I visit from my phone now demands I decline an offer for 10%-20% off where I am asked to share my emai

I agree with your general point. It seems that every site I visit from my phone now demands I decline an offer for 10%-20% off where I am asked to share my email before proceeding. Unfortunately half the time it’s impossible to X out of it and I end up leaving that site in frustration. The other annoyance is trying to read an article and having a couple paragraphs of text broken up by an ad, then another two paragraphs of text and another ad and another and another. Then if you dare use an ad blocker these site whine at you about being ad supported. I do enjoy the minimal nature of Reddit, HackerNews and the like. Also, there are plenty of subscription web apps and services that make our lives easier that we take for granted. But ads and monetization are 100% why the much of the internet feels like hot garbage these days.

quickthrower2 4y ago
The internet where you spend money is the worst. Lots of SaaSy like practices everywhere, like forcing you to answer 100 questions FOR THEM NOT YOU before you can use a thing. Even Windows is now doing this on install. And all the things that pop up - cookie notices, email address collectors, ads, chatbots etc. Let alone all the tracking and so on that comes with it. And the slowness of such sites too, and inability to scroll or use on small screens like a full HD 14". Terrible.