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30 Years On, Reports of the Web's Death Are Exaggerated

Mar 12, 20196 min
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Episode description

As soon as you visit a modern website, it starts feeding you reasons to leave. First by begging you to download its app from the app store, then with a dialog box urging you to sign up for a newsletter. Next will come a request to send you alerts, followed by either an onslaught of ads or a plea to turn your ad blocker off.

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