The absolute state of some video games websites 😵‍💫

[ponder@retrochat.online]

@gamingonlinux I use Brave which blocks ads on mobile too. Most web sites are unusable without ad blockers so they're essential these days. I'm sure you already know this but this is for everyone else too

[markisherwood@kind.social]

@gamingonlinux "Find what you're looking for", without a hint of irony.

[clonedhuman@mastodon.social]

@BroBot90001 @gamingonlinux Yeah, same here. Firefox with Ublock Origin and the EFF's Privacy Badger plugin.

[0x4261756d@mastodon.online]

@gamingonlinux "Find what you're looking for"

[sparks@social.treehouse.systems]

@delafin breezewiki.com

[wavebeam@trash.boutique]

@gamingonlinux @pheonix has a whole essay on this particular disrespect of website visitors: https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit
It's not just games sites, it's every website.

[yama@social.n0g.de]

@gamingonlinux back in the day, autoplaying music was bad. this is worse...

[hoboshrimps@mastodon.social]

@gamingonlinux this is why we RSS

[madscientist16@mastodon.online]

@gamingonlinux Stuff like this is why I have Cookie Notices and Annoyances filter lists enabled in uBlock.

[bigdog1787@mastodon.social]

@gamingonlinux those are ones I instantly leave.