[jwr]

This site slams me in the face with a popup that tries to get me to "Agree" to all kinds of trackers. I tried to "Learn More", but there is no way to disagree, so, I guess no article for me. Goodbye.

[bleuarff]

All of Verizon's former yahoo/aol properties (techcrunch, engadget, tumblr) have become utterly unusable with no optout (or so deeply buried I haven't found it), I don't even bother following these links anymore.

[L0stLink]

Using Ublock origin with additional filters enabled, didn't get any popups or redirects (all built in, all under privacy, easylist from adds, all from malware domains, all from annoyances, Dan Pollock’s hosts file and Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list from multipurpose, Adblock Warning Removal List from custom)

additionally I have these custom rules to block YouTube suggestions so I can better focus, has the added advantage that the UI looks better, autoplay can be controlled from the player and playlist can be accessed in full screen mode (which is the only time I really need access to them).

    ##ytd-compact-video-renderer.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope
    ##.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope > paper-button.yt-next-continuation.style-scope
    www.youtube.com##ytd-compact-playlist-renderer.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope
    ! Block the upnext video and the autoplay button
    www.youtube.com###secondary

[ycombinete]

I'm using Ublock Origin with no extras enabled and also go no pop-ups.

[m_t]

I'm using Ublock Origin with no extras enabled and I had the popup.

Since I'm using firefox, I just forced the Reader view by typing this in my address bar:

  about:reader?url=https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/03/undead-gadgets/

[buro9]

I use nextdns.io and can't visit any of these sites due to them all redirecting via guce.advertising.com with a URI like: https://guce.advertising.com/collectIdentifiers?sessionId=3_...

Feels like cross-site intrusive tracking... probably is.

I could whitelist in nextdns.io but it's such a dark pattern that I use the block page as a nice warning that I really don't want to go to any of these sites.

[jdubb]

Exactly this. It uses all the dark patterns similar to sites like techcrunch. Is the incentive so big to have these trackers enabled?

[SllX]

It’s a quick rundown of the community-supported afterlife of Pebble, Chumby, Nabaztag and the Little Printer.

Content blockers putting in the work on this clickbaiting headline.

[wasdfff]

If you have ublock origin you can right click and block these popups without accepting.

[SkySkimmer]

It seems to be IP based, with my VPN set to a US server no redirects, but on European servers I always get redirects (also with no VPN, and I'm French)

[Vrondi]

So, I run uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, and with this combo, I got none of that popup stuff.

[dnh44]

I use a hosts file that blocks these sorts of domains so I can't even read the article.

[amelius]

Just use a Firefox container.