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I happened to click a link that took me to the associated ~~twitter~~ X account for something I was interested in and was greeted by not one, not two, but four modern day web popups.

I know it's nothing new. I've got a couple of firefox plugins that are usually quite good at hiding this sort of nonsense, but I guess they failed me today (or, I shudder to think, there were even more that were blocked, and this is what got through)

What's the worst new/not-signed-in user experience you've encountered recently?

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[โ€“] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

This kind of thing getting worse and worse at all levels of tech is increasingly pushing me to the fringes of tech solutions (with all of the handicaps that come with that) as those are getting to be the only places where this kind of thing is not pervasive.

  • No apps on phone, if the mobile site doesn't work it can wait until I am in front of a desktop/laptop
  • No NFC payments as that requires the phone to be blessed by lord Google or father Apple
  • No set top streaming boxes on the TV, just a small Linux powered PC and a cheap Logitech wireless keyboard/trackpad
  • Only Linux OSes on desktop/laptop
[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

At least you can force desktop mode on most sites. No mobiles apps, desktop mode on phone. Usually.

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