How did we let the Web get to this point. All I wanted to do was read this blog post.

Jan 12, 2019 · 4:03 AM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk @kornelski
Surprised to see actual content on the screen. It's usually covered by cookie agreements (two, each introduced by a different law).
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Replying to @aaronpk @jensimmons
Reader mode on mobile Safari is a great way to avoid all this rubbish.
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Replying to @aaronpk @kornelski
off-tangent. Google auto-prompting users to login to websites that use google login is single handedly one of the reasons I'll never for the life of me be a user of their browser. It's annoying, intrusive and baffling that someone thought "oh, this sounds like a good idea".
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My personal favourite is not being able to scroll down to tap a button that's off screen till the page has fully loaded because it's a modal... =[
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Replying to @aaronpk
Imagine what it would look like in Europe with the GDPR consent banners on there, too.
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Replying to @aaronpk
That’s perhaps because @medium is less and less part of the web.