[rkagerer]

This could have been written 25 years ago.

Indeed, I can't believe we're still having the same conversation decades later.

And now with Google effectively dictating how you interact with the web, the industry has gotten worse, not better.

[orwin]

I still remember the popup ads in IE, especially those resembling system alerts. Even without Adblock, the web is way better right now that it used to be in 2001.