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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news

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1725 points taubek | 2 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.434s | source
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nativeit ◴[27 Mar 23 14:22 UTC] No.35327022[source]▶
I couldn’t get through the article because the website crashed twice when I tried to get rid of one of several modular ad windows covering the article’s content. The modern internet is a dumpster fire, even in articles covering the ways in which the modern internet is a dumpster fire.
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1. aendruk ◴[27 Mar 23 15:09 UTC] No.35327699[source]▶
I gave up when the auto-playing video started following me down the page.

I don’t understand how they think such hostility is a good idea. It only makes me despise the site and note never to return. But presumably some people go for it?

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2. samtho ◴[27 Mar 23 16:23 UTC] No.35328644[source]▶
>> How can we get more people to watch our videos?

> Autoplay it!

>> Oh no, they are scrolling away from it now, how do we get them to keep watching it?

> literally make it always present on the screen no matter where they have scrolled to!

The road to hell, these days, is often paved with marketing OKRs.