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Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups by amanaplanacanal on Thursday January 01, 2026 @12:10PM (#46455788)
Company strategies are created by individual humans being assholes. Don't make excuses for them.
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Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups by hnbad on Thursday January 01, 2026 @02:12PM (#46457031)
Being an asshole is incentivized by the system. If you don't want companies to behave like assholes, change the system to one that punishes that.
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Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups by h2zizzle on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:14PM (#46479068)
The first step in disincentivizing being an asshole is pointing out that someone is being an asshole.
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