HACKER Q&A
📣 mring33621

Who else is tired of these web things?


1) cookie pop-ups

2) chat pop-ups

3) sign-up for a discount pop-ups

I just got to your site! Let me have a minute to look around before you bug me!


  👤 JohnFen Accepted Answer ✓
The web has become borderline intolerable, and these things are among the reasons why. I've developed a "zero tolerance" habit. If a website throws up a surprise popup, I just immediately close the page and never go back. The only way to win is not to play.

👤 wruza
I always go to ublock origin settings and load all “annoyances” lists which are off by default. Idk how much that helps, but worth trying I guess.


👤 solardev
If you use uBlock with the annoyances filters enabled, the majority of those go away. I very rarely see them.

👤 meristohm
I click the reader mode button in Firefox, and if it doesn't render as simplly text with some images (sometimes it's just a stub, for example), then I bail.

👤 stop50
Since i use firefox with these addons:

1. Ublock origin

2. Cookieblock with an additional list that fixed some misscategorization

3. Consent-o-matic

No


👤 zzo38computer
I generally disable JavaScripts, and I disable many other things as well, so many of these things are not displayed on my computer anyways.

👤 yogini
I have noticed in general people don't like pop-ups or modals, at least during the first-mile experience of the product.

👤 ATechGuy
That's exactly why I've built a tool using LLMs that filters out this garbage before showing me the content.

👤 FergusArgyll
Learn to use element zapper mode in ublock, I bound it to a shortcut, it's a lifesaver...

👤 cdaringe
“Have you tried our native app? Please please please download our stupid app PLLLEEEEASE?!?!!??!”

👤 vednig
web was nice, when the only CSS was background and text colors