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Disable all js, and you don't get the popup. I use umatrix to disable js on these sites (medium is another one that is a lot better without js).

I'm giving this a go but it might be a situation where it just breaks too many things. I realize it gives you the power to fix things up relatively easily, but over half the sites I've visited so far have required changes.

Yes, add these to your `/etc/hosts` file:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h...

Good question. I haven't found a way around, so I've stopped visiting. Presumably one day they'll get a kicking from a GDPR regulator - but they have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

If you copy the URL fast enough after clicking, you can check Archive (.is) to see if it's been archived. In this case, it was.

http://archive.is/NLqpE

There's also Outline. Not sure if one service is better than the other.

Instead of copying, you can just click Stop on the browser before the dialog opens.

Yeah, that's what I normally do, but sometimes i click a HN link without checking where it goes... like today.

Try outline.com/<url>.