Then I see a cookie privacy notice; then I see a request to allow notification from website; then I see request to disclose location; then I see banner advertising; then I see subscribe to our newsletter popup; then I hear subscription trial message.
When I close the given browser tab, then I see a popup dialog confirming that I want to leave.
The web is getting sadder and sadder...
> After all, you can close your eyes, but you can’t close your ears.
I do like how they first keep stressing how much this is in the interest of the user (free value, great deal, etc etc) only to talk about "not subjecting the user to more advertising" in the last sentence of that paragraph.
Which narrative is it now?
If you're talking about a Genius song page, we still don't do anything you said except for showing ads, and playing the subscription message after you've listened to a 30s song preview.
I see what you did as a dark pattern, it is going to inspire many internet marketers that only care about conversions, their funnels, and things to brag about to their peers. I bet the web will be invested with these things, resulting in a crappier user experience. But that doesn't matter right!? ...as long as the conversion rates are good. Sigh...
Lord, I'm tired of people whining about the web and doing nothing, not disabling JS, not blocking ads via even a trivial hosts file, disabling cookies to prevent easy tracking, nothing. What's sadder than the web is people who can't be bothered to take any responsibility for how the web is presented to them.
Yes, I'm angry. I've even contacted website maintainers to pressure them over this. Ach, I have lost faith in people. They want nice things without doing any work for it.
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