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by livrem 1255 days ago
Also most clients do not render images at all or only render images if you click on them. Very few clients support any kind of animations or sounds. Of course someone could still do marketing and post some text-only ads if they want to. If it is too annoying I guess I will not visit that page again. If it is not too annoying I can just ignore it and keep reading. An ad is not automatically a dark pattern.