Yeah, cookie banners, newsletter signups, “please disable your adblocker”, etc are the ultimate “hmm maybe I’ll just do something else” reality check for me.
replyNot only do I close the page but I typically lose interest in whatever I may have wanted to do on that page in the first place, and generally just put my phone down or close my laptop and do something else.
The web basically died several years ago for me. It was fun while it lasted.
The leftmost icon on my browser toolbar is the "kill sticky" bookmarklet (https://github.com/t-mart/kill-sticky). I grew tired of sites hiding the dismiss buttons or omitting them entirely, so anytime something pops up on the page, I instinctively click that. Works on the vast majority of sites.
replyAre you in Europe? It's so prevalent here that would usually mean not using the web at all...?
replyI've also noticed blocking consent/informational banners of sorts when connected to a US VPN becoming more popular
I got around this by not using cookies.
replydoesn't this affect auth on, like, every website you visit? (genuinely curious)
replycookies, newsletter popups, sign-in popups, product tours, soft paywalls, etc.
replyUBO zapper mode works well
replyThat requires deciding which element to zap, which takes more brainpower than I'm willing to invest into a webpage that doesn't want to show me its content. Ctrl+W works every time.
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