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> you will instantly notice that ads on the internet have gotten way nastier than ever Anyone that remembers the advent of pop-ups and pop-unders, never ending
by annoyingnoob 4y ago
> you will instantly notice that ads on the internet have gotten way nastier than ever
Anyone that remembers the advent of pop-ups and pop-unders, never ending cascading popped windows, flashy, shaky, and just terrible ads might beg to differ with you.
- bookofjoe 4y agoAny UK tabloid website will carry you right back to those days
- cosmodisk 4y agoFor anyone less aware of UK's tabloids, I suggest visiting Dailymail.co.uk for a dose of ads
- princevegeta89 4y ago`cascading popped windows` Ah, these were the MVP stars of the show back then.
- NoGravitas 4y agoI remember those. The interesting thing about those is that browsers went out of their way to add features disabling those, only to then implement the infrastructure for them to be re-implemented in-page in ways that are harder to block.
- uncletammy 4y agoPop-unders still exist. The only difference is that it's now new tabs instead of windows.