[blinktag]

There are too many to list nowadays. I keep one browser setup with JavaScript disabled for when I want to look up a product review, a recipe, or a how-to (even on my mobile devices). I’ve set all my browsers to disable autoplay (why is this not the default?). The web is becoming a miserable, slow, annoying experience. It’s hard to believe that as we have the best tools ever and the fastest computers that we’re choosing to inflict the most burdensome and repellent experiences on our users. God help us.

[coldpie]

NoScript and uBlock Origin go a long way to making the web usable-ish. There's still hurdles, but at least you have to opt into those hurdles instead of having every website punch you in the face with garbage. Works on Firefox for Android, too.

The thing that's driving all of the bad behavior you're talking about is the advertising business model. The sooner we can destroy web advertising as a viable business model, the better.

[MeinBlutIstBlau]

Noscript is such a PITA though. A phenomenal app, but goes to show it's borderline impossible to stop that abuse as it makes your experience almost entirely unusable.

[coldpie]

Yeah, that's the trade-off. Let random JS crap run on every website, or put up with NoScript. The modern web totally sucks.

[jbverschoor]

Ah.. so you need a gatekeeper for the quality of the deployed software....

[travisjungroth]

Walled garden seems popular based on behavior, but rarely a position that a user reasons themselves into. People who really care about this stuff would rather use emacs as a browser than an app store. Not trying to make a judgement, but it really seems like a vocal minority / silent majority case.