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by jordanrobinson 3254 days ago
Just what I wanted, a modal that blocks the entire page after you've read the first paragraph, asking me to sign up for something vague.

Surely the conversion on these can't be good?

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It converts pretty quickly into a closed tab...
I browse without cookies enabled most of the time. A very large number of blog-style sites like this one have become nearly unusable because of these damned popups. I'd guess I'm seeing them on 2/3 of these sites now.

I'd love to see a uBlock Origin block list for these elements. Hell, I'd pay for it.

Firefox Focus (Android) blocks all these awful popups/overlays/trackers by default
The Fanboy Annoyances list blocks a lot of these. It should already be in your 3rd Party Filter's list. Just enable it.

Edit: Though it didn't block the one on this article...