How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company • Hacker News Board

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by drcongo » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:58 AM UTC

kolla wrote: post #9

Techcrunch links should be banned imo..

You are not alone.

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by toby- » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:59 AM UTC

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #4

davidweatherall wrote: post #2

First time coming across techcrunch's "extra crunch" paywall - It's a shame they give you half the article before mentioning it.

I guess my AdBlocker blocked whatever they were trying to use to show the paywall, so the story just abruptly ended in the middle.

Same. I use uBlock Origin, and the article just fades out in the centre...

Seeing as the other comments mention this website hijacking the back button and other nasties, I don't think I'm going to whitelist this site in uBlock to test, even temporarily.

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by nikolay » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 12:01 PM UTC

TechCrunch has never been a good source of tech news - even from its Michael Arrington's days. But now it's even worse.

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by the_duke » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 12:03 PM UTC

tchalla wrote: post #10

fs2 wrote: post #7

What a horrible site, it tries to hijack the back button, full screen cookie warning and uBlock has over a dozen items blocked.

It's so bad that I have stopped reading TechCrunch articles. The options for GDPR consent are excruciatingly painful to choose and takes a large time to even get to the appropriate point.

https://outline.com/KhBGXC

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by Kiro » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 12:06 PM UTC

kolla wrote: post #9

Techcrunch links should be banned imo..

Why?

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by drcongo » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 12:28 PM UTC

Interesting side-note for anyone seeing a paywall, if you set Safari to only ever use reader mode on techcrunch URLs it appears to bypass that completely.

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by JustSomeNobody » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 12:31 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #15

kolla wrote: post #9

Techcrunch links should be banned imo..

Why?

Well for one they hijack browser behavior. Their site is a train wreck of “me too” JavaScript development.

Re: How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by wikibob » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 8:40 AM UTC

the_duke wrote: post #14

tchalla wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's so bad that I have stopped reading TechCrunch articles. The options for GDPR consent are excruciatingly painful to choose and takes a large time to even get to the appropriate point.

https://outline.com/KhBGXC

This does not have the full story, only the free preview text.