@yogthos @edgeofeurope or use another browser...

And in case of websites I just move on to competition.

@yogthos
You may have missed: No, I don't want to provide feedback now...
😅😡
Can confirm the swearing...

@yogthos This is why I question if the amount of ads and pop-ups pushes up against accessibility requirements

If you have to take all those measures to get to the info you were looking for, I can only imagine how detrimental it is to those who have ADHD/ADD and certain learning disabilities.

@yogthos You forgot the "Chat with customer support" blocking the bottom right part of the site.

@yogthos 9. forget all about it and install an adblocker to make the Web actually usable again.

(At least we usually don't get a gazillion pop-up *windows* these days.)

@yogthos I still can't believe there are people that don't use
1. uBlock Origin
2. Consent-O-Matic

@yogthos 9. Close the interactive "chat with a specialist" dialog.
10. Close the site anyway because you realize that it's all AI generated garbage.

@yogthos close the round popup bubble on the corner begging you to interact with the "new intelligent" assistant 😮‍💨

@yogthos somewhere in there is
a) find AI based chat icon
b) inspect the DOM for the icon
c) step up to the embedded iframe
d) create uBlock origin rule to make it go away forever
e) delete it from the DOM
f) return to the page

@yogthos 😁 👍

@yogthos how to use the web in 2024
1. install adblocker
2. install automatic cookie dismisser/accepter
3. change the default search engine from google to something else
4. add some filter lists to the adblocker
5. copy link to site
6. paste it into a thing that removes the useless info before reading it
7. do what you wanted to do.

@yogthos I prefer this flow:

1. Hit the 'reader mode button'
2. If that doesn't work, close the tab.

@yogthos
9. try to read 1 paragraph
10. click away interruptors

repeat from 9 every 10sec

@yogthos try Firefox reading mod +addons like I don't care about cookies

@yogthos You forgot close "Login with Google" and close chat window.

@yogthos

Ah, this is the era of nostalgia. 🥲

Who here doesn't remember pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, and sparkling pointers?

All we need is a MIDI playing in the background, and we're back to the 90's.

@yogthos why do you keep the AI assistant chat window and the survey sidebar?

@yogthos Faster :
- Close the window you just open
- Close the window "You may also be interested in ..." that trying to keep you when everything has been done to scare you away.

@yogthos install uBlock.

@yogthos @aemarielle I worked in enterprise privacy compliance for 4 years. I recommend taking the extra time to deny all unnecessary cookies. You might be astounded by how much is being tracked and shared between companies as standard practice. However, I don’t remember how I got here, either.

@yogthos At that point just use @mozilla Firefox with uBlock and Privacy Badger.

@yogthos disable adblocker so the cookie message displays and can be dismissed so that you can interact with the site (try bellroy[•]com)

@yogthos hear ,hear

@yogthos And if step 4 takes more than two clicks to "reject all" then I move on.

@yogthos ... and find that IT WON'T LET YOU BUY ANYTHING without creating yet another account with yet another fucking password to deal with.

@yogthos@mas.to how to actually browse the web in 2024

1. install uBlock Origin
2. open site

@yogthos
I use an ad blocker, and any popups that remain get closed with ctrl-F4 / cmd-w.

@yogthos

Or use an ad blocker and be called a dirty pirate for doing so

@yogthos " try to remember why you opened the site in the first place" LOL! 😃

@yogthos I laughed out loud I so did. It's not funny but so is because of how literally you captured this truth. Well-done friend.

@yogthos for the past decade or so, I just close the tab at step 2

@yogthos also be forced to deactivate the ad blocker or to leave the page..

@yogthos @hannu_ikonen Press control-R for a few minutes until the site throws 429 errors. Then fantasize about a EMP killshot, the only thing that will save humanity from itself.

@yogthos
Yes but I find the Consent-O-Matic Firefox add-on helps a lot. It remembers your cookie settings.
Might not work on mobile but I use the Iceraven fork (has to be installed manually).

@yogthos
How to browse the web in 2000:

1. Ask for the phone line.
2. Connect the modem.
3. Connect to the ISP (x times, hope it works the 10th time)
4. Wait for the first byte to arrive by watching the monitors on your task manager to blink at the same time.
5. Open Internet Explorer / Netscape (Wait 3-5 minutes)
6. Ask for the phone not to be used (start again from 3).
7. Try to remember the website you wanted to visit.

@yogthos 9. as soon as you're doing the thing, get distracted by a popup chat window that blocks 1/10 of the page and **lies to your face** (a canned bot message pretending to be from a helpful customer service human)

(humane UI design principles are as dead as chivalry)

@yogthos All of this but also the annoying waiting time between each step, when the full content of the page should be able to load in the blink of an eye.

@yogthos God forbid you try to start instead with a search.

@yogthos honestly, rather often at the first popup or maybe the second, I decide to X on outta there. May their data thusly record.

@yogthos ... Close browser
Shut machine down
Use a 2nd machine to virus scan the disk just in case an unnamed internet search company, that also supplies ads, 'accidentally' served an ad with a virus in it ... again

@yogthos Someone who is on sides for stupid People, shut not wonder that he will be used as stupid people,

@yogthos you forgot the

Close the "May I help you?" chat...or was that No.6...?

On point regardless!!

@yogthos

Fill out net promoter score, answering how much you'd absolutely love to recommend this to your friends and co-workers.