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Within seconds of loading the page, a giant toast taking up half the bottom of the screen, and a separate modal overlay with some other message to subscribe pop
by spking 3y ago
Within seconds of loading the page, a giant toast taking up half the bottom of the screen, and a separate modal overlay with some other message to subscribe pop up and completely obscure the article. And that's with ad blocking.
https://deathtobullshit.com/ https://deathtobullshit.com/ more relevant than ever.
- genewitch 3y agoThe blog is ironic a medium and a tumblr link, both of which completely obscure the content on load in landscape, with bullshit. For the price of a single cold brew grande at Starbucks you can use lightsail or whatever the darling tiny VM service of HN is this week, and if you can't afford that, then put a patreon up or something. Yes, a domain name can cost a bit, but you can get 5+ years at a discount some places, and it's cheaper than any driver's license I've had to renew, I believe.
- prmoustache 3y agoUsage of thi addon is becoming the only way to browse the web correctly: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/activate-reader-view/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/activate-read...
- noizejoy 3y agohowever this always gives me pause: > "This add-on is not actively monitored for security by Mozilla. Make sure you trust it before installing."
- prmoustache 3y agoYou can have a look at the code, and disable auto updates.