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albert_e ◴[] No.42600082[source]
They did not mention --

Text littered with hyperlinks on every sentence. Hyperlinks that do on-hover gimmicks like load previews or charts. Emojis or other distracting graphics (like stock ticker symbols and price indicators GOOG +7%) littered among the text.

Backgrounds and images that change with scrolling.

Popups asking to allow the website to send you notifications.

Page footers that are two pages high with 200 links.

Fine print and copyright legalese.

Cookie policy banners that have multiple confusing options and list of 1000 affiliate third parties.

Traditional banner and text ads.

Many other dark patterns.

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lelanthran ◴[] No.42600185[source]
> Hyperlinks that do on-hover gimmicks like load previews or charts.

I haven't seen one that shows charts, but I gotta admit, I miss the hover preview when not reading wikipedia.

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oneeyedpigeon ◴[] No.42601289[source]
Something else that should absolutely be a browser-native feature rather than one each site has to optionally invent poorly and/or inconsistently.
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1. albert_e ◴[] No.42601470[source]
Agreed, as long as it can be turned off by user on the browser, and doing so does not break the site / ux.