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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by untog on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @11:40AM (#8297083)
Hell, who doesn't have a popup blocker now?

Again: the vast majority of people. Taking things that techies do and extrapolating to the internet population at large never ends well.

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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by mhurron on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:08PM (#8297264)
Most browsers ship with popup blockers, and they're on by default.
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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by nitrogen on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:35PM (#8297398)
Popup blockers typically don't block pop-overs (in-page HTML elements).
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