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by bigblind 3193 days ago
After browsing the home page for ~30 seconds, I had a popup pushed in my face asking me to enter my e-mail address. I understand that building an e-mail list is important, but please don't do this. I'm taking the time to check out your product, don't bug me while I'm doing that.
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codegladiator 3193 days ago
People don't want ads, don't want crypto-currency mining and not not even "popups" asking for emails, want free trials.

Frankly, you just have to click the "x". How hard it is ? I do not understand why does it bug you so much.

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lobster_johnson 3193 days ago
Every damn site does this. I'm in the middle of reading an article and boom, I get a popup in my face asking for something. If it were just one site, that'd be fine. It's not -- it's an epidemic. News sites, shopping sites, blogs, charities, tech articles, they all nag and nag.

The nagging and attention-stealing is everywhere. Every time I buy something online that's not Amazon or Apple, I get signed up for an email newsletter. I get spam in the mail, often from, say, furniture companies because they have some kind of sneaky thing that gets leads from pages I visit. I've never bought anything from Flos, Design Within Reach or Bonobos, but in my mailbox the crap goes.

These things add up. It's just a never-ending deluge of materialistic effluent.

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codegladiator 3193 days ago
And probably you dislike

- ads

- mining inside your browser

- paying

I dislike all of these too. But complaining about a "modal window asking for email which you can close" seems mean. The nagging and attention stealing is everywhere and you can easily ignore them or at least tell an alternative solution to these guys.

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lobster_johnson 3193 days ago
As I said, if it were only this site, it'd be fine. But it's the entire frickin' Internet at this point. Almost every single browser experience is entering a world of nagging or shameless selling.
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srinathrajaram 3193 days ago
I can understand having to pay (in any of the ways you mention) if you are going to use the product. The question is, should I have to pay to even learn about the product?
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