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minus-squaresgibson5150@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·2 months agoI can remember around 1999-2000 if you clicked the wrong thing in IE you’d get 50 popup windows with ads for porn. At least that’s behind us.
minus-squarepete_the_cat@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoThen you also had the sites that would trap you there, every time you clicked the back button it would just reload the page.
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoEvery single Microsoft site still does this.
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI mean there are still websites that open themselves 10 times so you can’t click back out of them. I am curious as to what their end game is. Do they imagine we go “well damn can’t go back out of this page, might as well start living here now”
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months ago<script> function openNewWindow() { window.open("https://this.site.com", "_blank"); newWindow.moveTo(0, 0); newWindow.resizeTo(screen.width, screen.height); } window.onbeforeunload = function() { openNewWindow(); }; </script>
minus-squareJohnSwanFromTheLough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoThis still happens on dodgy football streaming sites.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoUse Ublock origin as it blocks the rapid redirects
minus-squareJohnSwanFromTheLough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOh I know, it doesn’t affect me but just pointing out it still exists!
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago At least that’s behind us. I sure am (‿!‿) ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ)
I can remember around 1999-2000 if you clicked the wrong thing in IE you’d get 50 popup windows with ads for porn. At least that’s behind us.
Then you also had the sites that would trap you there, every time you clicked the back button it would just reload the page.
Every single Microsoft site still does this.
I mean there are still websites that open themselves 10 times so you can’t click back out of them. I am curious as to what their end game is. Do they imagine we go “well damn can’t go back out of this page, might as well start living here now”
<script> function openNewWindow() {
</script>
This still happens on dodgy football streaming sites.
Use Ublock origin as it blocks the rapid redirects
Oh I know, it doesn’t affect me but just pointing out it still exists!
I sure am (‿!‿) ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ)
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