[hardwaresofton]

So paywalls are a thing, if you're referring to news sites

Also Quora has been doing the "if you want to read please become a member" thing for a long time, and it's kind of their perogative, they're also looking to foster (or require) interaction with their site on a deeper level than say, yahoo answers.

Survey buttons really shouldn't

Modals/popups to beg for social media kudos are kinda distasteful... not many places I surf do that, then again, I surf a relatively small part of the internet...

Yeah, in the end I guess I say all this to say, you might be overreacting a little

[nickfox]

No, I am not overreacting, you are merely part of the conspiracy. I bet you are a web developer. :o)

[hardwaresofton]

Hahaha, I actually just recently started "focusing" on web dev, because of the almost instant gratification haha I've been found out.