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[alexseanchai]

Metageitnion 5

Welp. WIRED isn't getting any more of my pageviews. They're pulling the same shit as Forbes wrt adblockers, to wit, holding the content hostage until I either whitelist their site on Adblock or pay for a subscription. Nope. Not doing it. At least straight-up paywalls are honest.

Comments

[monksandbones]

Yes, this. So much this. No more WIRED for me.

[wohali]

Ditto.

[kittydesade]

I might whitelist if their ads weren't a) intrusive as all hell and b) FULL OF MALWARE.

[alexseanchai]

Ads are always intrusive and generally full of malware, yes.

[anaraine]

Seconded.

[silveradept]

A third in agreement on this.

[silveradept]

Yes. Paywalls and ad-intrusions drive people away, for the most part, instead of drawing them in.

[alexseanchai]

Yeah. I wouldn't be able to afford WIRED if they were doing a straight-up paywall? But I wouldn't be angry with them over it, either. This shit? I am angry.

[quartzpebble]

*whistles innocently*

Having NoScript enabled will often block the interstitial crap.

[alexseanchai]

But I do have NoScript.

[quartzpebble]

Huh, weird. When I enable scripts on wired.com, I get the interstitial, but when I revoke all script permissions on the page I can read the articles no problem.

[alexseanchai]

Oh. That's not my settings. I'll test at home.

[untonuggan]

ugh :/