<![CDATA[The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«]]>The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9edf6b41-ed88-4a21-bcf6-4fc5072e49b0/the-absolute-state-of-some-video-games-websitesRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 14:27:48 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 08:39:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:14:43 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux those are ones I instantly leave.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bigdog1787/statuses/116411733327039919https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bigdog1787/statuses/116411733327039919Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:14:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:41:28 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux Stuff like this is why I have Cookie Notices and Annoyances filter lists enabled in uBlock.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/madscientist16/statuses/116409951082926326https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/madscientist16/statuses/116409951082926326Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:41:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:29:00 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux this is why we RSS

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116275598325320422/statuses/116409902073979163https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116275598325320422/statuses/116409902073979163Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:29:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:38:21 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux back in the day, autoplaying music was bad. this is worse...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.n0g.de/users/Yama/statuses/116409466950887148https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.n0g.de/users/Yama/statuses/116409466950887148Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:38:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:24:50 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://trash.boutique/users/Wavebeam/statuses/116409413833889847https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://trash.boutique/users/Wavebeam/statuses/116409413833889847Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:24:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:23:07 GMT]]>@delafin breezewiki.com

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/sparks/statuses/116409407048814551https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/sparks/statuses/116409407048814551Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:23:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:01:35 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux "Find what you're looking for"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/0x4261756D/statuses/116409322433760149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/0x4261756D/statuses/116409322433760149Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:01:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:14:24 GMT]]>@BroBot90001 @gamingonlinux Yeah, same here. Firefox with Ublock Origin and the EFF's Privacy Badger plugin.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clonedhuman/statuses/116408193172481918https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clonedhuman/statuses/116408193172481918Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:14:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:06:23 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux "Find what you're looking for", without a hint of irony.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/markisherwood/statuses/116408161632805517https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/markisherwood/statuses/116408161632805517Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:06:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:59:11 GMT]]>@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 πŸ˜‰

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retrochat.online/users/ponder/statuses/116408133293670500https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retrochat.online/users/ponder/statuses/116408133293670500Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:59:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:56:44 GMT]]>@slimelia we may have adverts but they're minimal, never inside actual content and we don't bug you if you block them too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gamingonlinux/statuses/116408123718121620https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gamingonlinux/statuses/116408123718121620Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:56:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:52:44 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux it's not like those newsletter pop-ups stop when you subscribe to them, because the site has no way of knowing you signed up for them. So why even bother?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/sabrinabonfert/statuses/116408107954158610https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/sabrinabonfert/statuses/116408107954158610Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:52:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:04:19 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux The internet is such a mess.

You know, I wouldn't mind if a website had to resort to looking like that to stay in business and pay its enthusiastic authors, but you just know that the sites behind those curtains are just AI content mills milking every last drop.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/dyrge/statuses/116407917575474938https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/dyrge/statuses/116407917575474938Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:04:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:54:30 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux if I happen to load up one of those sites, I never stay to read what I clicked.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/trezzer/statuses/116407878979702060https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/trezzer/statuses/116407878979702060Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:54:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:54:11 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux When you think of readers as a resource, not as people.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/Vorador/statuses/116407877737126371https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/Vorador/statuses/116407877737126371Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:54:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:47:34 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux you're now my go-to website for gaming news even if it DOESNT pertain to linux just because GOL is the most usable website out there lmfao

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiny.tilde.website/ap/users/115865515848277484/statuses/116407851744033071https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tiny.tilde.website/ap/users/115865515848277484/statuses/116407851744033071Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:46:32 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux
Can’t browse the internet without an ad blocker condom on anymore. UBlock Origin goes on every one of my devices without fail.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/BroBot90001/statuses/116407847659053442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/BroBot90001/statuses/116407847659053442Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:46:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The absolute state of some video games websites πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:40:59 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux cOmMuNiTY 🀑
Same with those Fandom sites, holy shit. I need special blocking scripts to use some of those sites, it's insane. How do people put up with this?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/ap/users/116131714469327007/statuses/116407825821773227https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/ap/users/116131714469327007/statuses/116407825821773227Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:40:59 GMT