[_jsdw]

Top tip; I used my thumb to cover up the bottom part of my phone, which allowed me to read it!

I expect that 99% of the time it's a perfectly fun little pop up, but right now with the post on HN it is amazingly annoying

[josephg]

I did that for about 4 seconds. Then reconsidered, and decided such a user hostile website wasn’t worth my time or attention and I left. It’s not my job to make the website usable.

[redhale]

Seems like a self-limiting attitude. It's a good article, and there are several easy ways to get around the UI issue.

[calamari4065]

I don't think it's reasonable to expect everyone to manually tweak every website you come across before it's usable.

[redhale]

As is your right.

Most of us power through small inconveniences as a normal part of life, calculating that it is not worth missing out on potentially valuable information/experiences/people/work/etc simply on the principle of not being mildly inconvenienced.

And this is a VERY mild inconvenience.

[josephg]

Eh. There is so much good content around, why waste my time reading and encouraging user hostile content? Pushing myself through inconveniences like this carries a tang of self abandonment.

Visually filtering this stuff out is really exhausting for me. I have the mental energy to read one article with buzzy BS, or maybe 3 other articles which might be just as good or better and respect my attention. I must admit - I didn’t think of reader mode. But by the time I started holding my thumb over the bottom of the screen, overwhelm had already started to set in a little. I was frustrated and the seeds of hatred had sprouted in my heart for the author. “Mildly inconvenienced” my arse.

It’s Sunday and I choose to enjoy my life. Somehow I think I’ll survive not reading this one particular article. At least not today, Satan.

[Gare]

Browser "reader mode" is your friend