I personally hate rounded corners and shadows added everywhere. Makes most things look crappy and smudged.

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    Fromt the top of my head:

    • all kinds of pop-ups wanting to guide me through their software/website latest features, giving me pro-tips or recommendations I didn’t ask for

    • notifications about shit I didn’t subscribe to

    • a virtual assistant icon in the corner showing a message that it wants to help me or talk to me

    • autoplaying videos (bonus points if it’s a video unrelated to the article)

    • cookies pop-ups

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      1 year ago

      It’s like the old saying (which made more sense back in the CRT days):

      If I wanted your website to make noise, I’d lick my finger and drag it across the screen!

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      I despise the newsletter sign up popups. If I want your newsletter, I’ll seek it out. Otherwise, get out of my way.

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      uBlock has filters to block notifications, also for virtual assistant popups, notifications and other annoyances. You just need to enable them in the settings.

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      For cookies popups, look at the browser extension I Still Don’t Care About Cookies. It blocks all the cookies popups and works very well. The website can’t track you because you didn’t click consent. Just make sure to use the version with still in it’s name, it’s a community fork since the original was bought by Avast.