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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by Eridrus on Sunday November 13, 2016 @11:53AM (#12944201)
Right now, I don't think people generally want popups, but they became popular well before AJAX.

Pop-ups that open new tabs are still useful on sites where you're unlikely to want to navigate away and are prone to the same abuses.

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Re:Dear Google, Apple, Mozilla, and MS: Please End Auto-Play... by Too on Monday November 14, 2016 @04:37AM (#12948614)
That is pop-up on click, a user action. I don't think people despise that as much as pop-up at any random time while you are reading stuff.
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