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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by intricatedetail on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:26PM (#25722287)
Some folks use this fact to place ads in such way that when you want to click something by the time your finger taps the screen there is an ad underneath. So annoying.
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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by tylerjwilk00 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:30PM (#25723032)
Indeed. An even more nefarious Dark Pattern [1] if the have a listener on the "mouse down" event and use it as the trigger.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by tapland on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:03AM (#25725643)
That's not even a dark pattern, that's eqvuivalent to the link pointing to the ad all along =/
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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by tsukurimashou on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:33PM (#25723053)
This is the worst, a french website Leboncoin (craigslist basically) does this, makes me want to murder the people behind it

When you click next page nothing happens long enough to make you think your click hasn't been registered, then right as you click again the page loads with ads right where the button was

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by speedgoose on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:29AM (#25724957)
You should use an adblocker.
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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by CamperBob2 on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:52AM (#25725120)
The people who should complain about this are the advertisers. It amounts to fraud on the web site's part.
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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by 3np on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:38AM (#25727617)
...at which part the whole site experience breaks. find a fine-tuned config that blocks the right things and it might break again in a month.
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