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Agreed. On the other hand, it probably could have done without the sound.

ah, my sound was off. That is unnecessarily intrusive.

Agreed. I subscribed to the newsletter too - I would normally never do that.

Same, well, that and the content is wonderful.

And the little heart on the right smiles more the further you scroll.

I just loved that so much

I closed the page as soon as I saw that because I assumed it was an ad that had escaped the blocker.

What information are you concerned about them harvesting that they won't have gotten just from the ad loading? I suppose time on site and stuff, but I'm not sure what bits of info you're trying to hide. Feels like a situation where you might as well enjoy the content.

I'm not "concerned" at all. It's just a personal philosophy. Especially as the pop-up was a waving cartoon character. Bad memories of Bonzi Buddy.