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I really enjoyed reading the article until this pop-up of “why we need your support” not only it blocked half my screen, but it also spoiled that attention I wa

I really enjoyed reading the article until this pop-up of “why we need your support” not only it blocked half my screen, but it also spoiled that attention I was giving to the article. These Jimmy Wales style of donations demand must be rethought, it’s too intrusive.

agumonkey 3y ago
this trick helps https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%3A%2F%2Faeon.co%2Fessays%2Fwhy%2Dthe%2Dempty%2Datom%2Dpicture%2Dmisunderstands%2Dquantum%2Dtheory https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%... alternative one https://web.archive.org/web/20230825073946/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-atom-picture-misunderstands-quantum-theory https://web.archive.org/web/20230825073946/https://aeon.co/e...
- meitham 3y ago
  Thanks, I don’t think I am willing to trade that pop-up inconvenience with my privacy offered to Googles by going through their cache. But yes I more than happy to use Archive.org. Did you have to copy the url, submitted it to archive.org to get the free access version? Or is there another secret flow I am missing?
  - rwmj 3y ago
    So normally you could prefix the URL with archive.today/... (which is not related to archive.org, but a separate paywall-bypassing site). However in this case it appears the site is blocking archive.today, see: https://archive.today/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-atom-picture-misunderstands-quantum-theory https://archive.today/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-a...
    - agumonkey 3y ago
      i had trouble using archive.is because the article redirected to a deleted url
  - agumonkey 3y ago
    somebody already submitted the page to waybackmachine, but they have a save page now here https://web.archive.org/save/ https://web.archive.org/save/
  - mertysn 3y ago
    You can use the wayback machine extension to quickly open the latest archived version. If it's not already archived, you can also quickly trigger the process. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp...
paulmooreparks 3y ago
My approach is just to close the tab at that point. There are already more articles on the web and in print than I'll ever manage to read, and the content will probably be available elsewhere anyway. Maybe it's a pipe dream, but my hope is that if enough people close browser tabs in reaction to rude behaviour, it'll start to show up on analytics.
- meitham 3y ago
  That’s exactly what I did! Though I wish that interruption didn’t take place and I continued my enjoyment of reading that article

agumonkey 3y ago

this trick helps https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%3A%2F%2Faeon.co%2Fessays%2Fwhy%2Dthe%2Dempty%2Datom%2Dpicture%2Dmisunderstands%2Dquantum%2Dtheory https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https%... alternative one https://web.archive.org/web/20230825073946/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-atom-picture-misunderstands-quantum-theory https://web.archive.org/web/20230825073946/https://aeon.co/e...

meitham 3y ago
Thanks, I don’t think I am willing to trade that pop-up inconvenience with my privacy offered to Googles by going through their cache. But yes I more than happy to use Archive.org. Did you have to copy the url, submitted it to archive.org to get the free access version? Or is there another secret flow I am missing?
- rwmj 3y ago
  So normally you could prefix the URL with archive.today/... (which is not related to archive.org, but a separate paywall-bypassing site). However in this case it appears the site is blocking archive.today, see: https://archive.today/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-atom-picture-misunderstands-quantum-theory https://archive.today/https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-a...
  - agumonkey 3y ago
    i had trouble using archive.is because the article redirected to a deleted url
- agumonkey 3y ago
  somebody already submitted the page to waybackmachine, but they have a save page now here https://web.archive.org/save/ https://web.archive.org/save/
- mertysn 3y ago
  You can use the wayback machine extension to quickly open the latest archived version. If it's not already archived, you can also quickly trigger the process. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp...

paulmooreparks 3y ago

My approach is just to close the tab at that point. There are already more articles on the web and in print than I'll ever manage to read, and the content will probably be available elsewhere anyway. Maybe it's a pipe dream, but my hope is that if enough people close browser tabs in reaction to rude behaviour, it'll start to show up on analytics.

meitham 3y ago
That’s exactly what I did! Though I wish that interruption didn’t take place and I continued my enjoyment of reading that article