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Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you

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569 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 05 Jan 25 01:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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albert_e ◴[05 Jan 25 06:06 UTC] 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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1. 0x38B ◴[07 Jan 25 00:48 UTC] No.42617954[source]▶
Case in point: in the Tom's Hardware article about AMD's Strix Halo (1), there's this sentence:

> AMD says this delivers groundbreaking capabilities for thin-and-light laptops and mini workstations, particularly in AI workloads. The company also shared plenty of gaming and content creation _benchmarks_. (emphasis mine)

I clicked on "benchmarks", expecting to see some, well, benchmarks for the new CPU, hoping to see some games like Cyberpunk that I might want to play. But no, it links to /tag/benchmark.

1: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-beastly...