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Why do we post articles with the eye fucking “sign up for my newsletter” pattern. That behavior is disgusting. If I could programmatically block all content cre
by more_corn 4y ago
Why do we post articles with the eye fucking “sign up for my newsletter” pattern. That behavior is disgusting. If I could programmatically block all content creators who do it I would.
- walterbell 4y agoSimilar complaint: https://explodingcomma.com/2022/11/06/substacks-stupid-subscription.html https://explodingcomma.com/2022/11/06/substacks-stupid-subsc... Possible solution for Substack popup: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/xisov1/blocking_fullscreen_popup_subscription_for/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/xisov1/blocki... ##.subscribe-dialog ##.subscribe-dialog-scroll-modal-scroll-capture
- dmix 4y agoThe aggressive cookie banners required by the EU is very similar. Plenty of sites use full page modals. Only rarely will they have a 'decline all' button, it's almost always a) "Accept All" or b) "Want to Decline? then here use a complicated form that's different for every single site"
- EdwardDiego 4y ago> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.