[Lerain]

After closing the huge sign-up popup, dismissing the Medium-App-suggestion and closing the cookie-banner I lost all interest in reading the article, which is a shame.

I sometimes hate the internet.

At least the HN comments were insightful, unlike my rambling. Sorry about that.

[eyeundersand]

Reader View on Firefox (CTRL + ALT + R) is a blessing!

[deadbunny]

Nah, fuck them. If they're gonna be that hostile to users users should just leave.

[lightedman]

"After closing the huge sign-up popup, dismissing the Medium-App-suggestion and closing the cookie-banner I lost all interest in reading the article, which is a shame."

If everyone on HN spoke up about this maybe this issue would get fixed. Ban any site that bombards us with pop-ups or begs us to disable private mode from HN and this place would be a lot better off.

[whywhywhywhy]

Remember when the original pitch of Medium was “the best reading experience on the web”. Crazy how far they let their user experience slip.

[hunterloftis]

Related to an HN article from earlier this week: you might consider trying the Brave browser. With it, I didn't experience any of that.

[Lerain]

I was trying to read it on an iPhone using Safari. The mobile "experience" is way, way worse compared to that on a big screen. At least two thirds of my screen estate were blocked by popups and that's how the vast majority of (mobile) users are going to experience it as well.

[buboard]

it auto-closes sign-up popups and cookie prompts ?

[hunterloftis]

I just checked again (on mobile). It does show the sign-in prompt (was just less obtrusive on desktop). It doesn't show app prompts or cookie prompts.