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Re:The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell by npteljes on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @10:50AM (#39358724)
No ad-tech, and 2002? What web were you on? 2002 had popups, pop-unders, frantically blinking banners, pages opening many other pages when you click on them, search results poisoned with transparent or small text, and barely any tech in the user's hand to fight these.

The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005. And much, much more useful in general.

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Re:The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell by nottorp on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @03:36PM (#39362506)
> The web is, I think, friendlier now than it was in 2000-2005

I'd replace "is" with "looks".

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Re:The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell by npteljes on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @04:58PM (#39363405)
What makes you say that?
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Re:The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell by nottorp on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @05:13PM (#39363573)
All the spying going on in the background every time you load a web site.
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Re:The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell by npteljes on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @05:26PM (#39363692)
Right, now that really is something that is much more aggressive on today's internet.
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