I hit the back button immediately after getting the notification permission popup after 3 paragraphs. It makes me think on how wrong the web design profession has gone when every site hammers me with 2-4 popups and no doubt a dozen ad trackers, mindlessly implemented as a must-do best practice checklist. I would have finished the article and maybe even left with a positive impression of the site and noted to check out their site later. Instead I'm left with attention abuse overload and a mental note to skip over that site in the future.

The web has become a pathetic failure. My god, what have we done to it?