How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building Types

Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by mlinksva on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:11PM (#15529548)

In general I find websites asking permission to send desktop notifications extremely impolite. I have the feature disabled, and can see the site. Alternatively, maybe uBlock or Privacy Badger is blocking something which checks whether I've allowed notifications?

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Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by ceejayoz on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:41PM (#15529690)

I can confirm the behavior - rejecting the notifications permission closed the tab out. I do have uBlock, so I wonder if a "no" takes you to some sort of advertising vendor's "why you should allow this permission" doc.

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Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by visarga on Sunday October 22, 2017 @10:47PM (#15530334)

For such websites, closing and never coming back is a good option. The internet is large and full of alternatives. I often give up reading from offending sites.

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Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by ouid on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:51AM (#15531705)

I think that the beauty of the internet is that you do not have to wait for the invisible hand of the market to produce acceptable competition. You can simply render what you choose to render, how you want to render it.

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Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by khedoros1 on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:46AM (#15531445)

I've got uBlock Origin and declined the notifications, but the tab didn't close, and I was able to read the article.

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Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by secabeen on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:30PM (#15529856)

I did okay closing the notification permission, but not rejecting.

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Re:How Los Angeles Banned Some of Its Most Popular Building ... by oh_sigh on Sunday October 22, 2017 @11:33PM (#15530517)

I don't mind them asking, but I'd much rather it be via one of those very unobtrusive icons in the url bar as opposed to a pop up with a choice required.

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