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5 popups on the website, 4 of them at the same time covering each other, is that a joke?

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I closed the tab after 1 second.

Yes, it's a pity that technologyreview.com is not also "brilliantly boring".

Two cookie banners on top of each other. Crazy.

My first thought too. Immediate tab close.

i had a double take - initially skimmed over the page then went to HN comments- then re-opened it (even in a new FF container); saw no popups (i only had the cookie policy hover-footer) , and adnauseam is at (0).. im on desktop FF with strict mode and not even my most agressive blocking stuff - curious what youre all running where the site gave you those anoyances (not that im trying defende them)

A significant fraction of HN readers absolutely refuse to use any kind of ad-blockers.

If that’s true then it’s so bizarre. Is there a reason why?

It's true: in addition to comments like the above where they complain about pop-up ads that no one else sees (because everyone else is using an ad-blocker), in discussions about ad-blockers, or when someone flat-out asks them why they don't just use an ad-blocker, they'll say they believe blocking ads is immoral etc. and try to shame people for blocking ads.

My guess is they work for the adtech companies.

Uh, interesting. Also, so weird. Thanks for the insight, appreciated.

Here's an exchange from 12 days ago with one of these people:

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=shiroiushi&next=4081...

That was quite the read. It’s genuinely perplexing to see people defend the currently atrocious state of the ad world by comparing it to theft. So weird.

I'm running Iceraven on Android with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger and I got hit by a bunch of pop-ups. When I left and went back, I didn't get any. Maybe you've been to the domain before?

according to my browser history once in june 2023 and once in june 19 2024; but using FF with containerized tabs - if thier ad model is that scarse then id assume they certainly dont depend on ads for their income

My iPad Mini is my only device that isn’t armed to the teeth with ad blockers, mostly because of iOS restrictions. As makers, it’s good to be reminded of the average Joe’s web experience.

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