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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Remember when ads were just those animated gif boxes on either side of the content you actually consumed? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Then they became annoying popups, to the point that EVERY browser ships with popups blocked by default. Now it's all javascript occupying your screen everywhere. Plus all those invasive "Notifications"