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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by oarabbus_ on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:46PM (#32615430)
Humor me as someone without much web development experience - but what's to stop websites from displaying unclosable ads/popups? As in the "x" does nothing, or maybe doesn't appear at all?
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by dreadlordbone on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:13AM (#32615589)
It happens, but then people tend to not visit the site.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by dotancohen on Saturday August 27, 2022 @05:50AM (#32617394)
Both Pinterest and Quora have unclosable popups, as do many news websites.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by manfre on Saturday August 27, 2022 @06:05AM (#32617470)
There is a reason many articles and extensions exist to avoid those sites in search results.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by matheusmoreira on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:19AM (#32618632)
> what's to stop websites from displaying unclosable ads/popups?

My uBlock Origin filters stop them with extreme prejudice.

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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by rasz on Saturday August 27, 2022 @10:28AM (#32619384)
Enjoy them while you can, less than one year left.
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