Click to play? You wish
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2026
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The text is too small, I can actually read most of it. It needs to have a video add taking up a quarter of the screen, while only fitting max a paragraph at a time
I chuckled at the "do you really want to leave" warning when I was trying to go back 🥲
I've learnt to move on from things very quickly now. For example I see a news article that interests me and click on it. I have 'accept cookies' or 'reject and pay'. Immediately I close it and manage to completely forget I even read the headline.
I could see a few way to make it even closer to todays standards :
- Make the cookie message say "We care about your privacy" and mention their 1700+ partners in the same breath
- Add more ads in the article, every other paragraph or so
But it definitely feel accurate and gets the point accross…
What else would you good people add to the list ?
- download our app (on mobile)
- asks you to make an account every time you scroll down a little further (like instagram actually does in my browser)
- article is 3 paragraphs long, afterwards 15 paragraphs of unrelated "recommended content"
- videos start autoplaying
- there's an annoying source of sound that you can't seem to track down
An auto-playing video that automatically goes full screen, loudly advertising hemorrhoid medication.
And then an ad that covers the screen so that controls are not visible, and follows on scrolling.
Also, it should mention that my browser is too old.
And then an ad that covers the screen so that controls are not visible, and follows on scrolling.
yeah and the "x" to close the ad is so small that you necessarily misclick (especially on mobile) and it opens another tab that redirects to the play store. now play store knows you're into this shit and keeps recommending it to you.
Interestingly, there is a "small web" or "frugal" tech alternative which goes back to the basics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
https://github.com/kr1sp1n/awesome-gemini
With a client/browser like Amfora or Rosy Crow, this "small web" is very pleasant to read! (And easy to set up an own server on a Raspberry Pi).
(Note: It's not related in any manner to the Google AI stuff.)
yeah i've heard about gemini but i don't like that they don't just work over HTTP (which would be entirely doable, btw). so i need to download a custom client or a browser plug-in, and i don't like it. i shouldn't have to install another 3rd-party software on my device just to interact with online content which the browser can already do perfectly fine.
I got an honest chuckle out of it. But yeah, it really sucks for people surfing the net today and within the past 10 years. People like me who've been around for 30+ years, just sulk in depression for the state its become, remembering simpler days.
No Reader View option. Yeah, that checks out.
there's no unrelated videos intertwined with the text, also no full screen ads?!
Would be sick of when you visit with adblocker it showed a nice pic of the beach or something