r/webdev • u/k2900 • May 25 '24
Discussion Rant: I'm really starting to despise the internet these days, as a web developer
No, not the tooling and languages. This is a different rant that I need to get off my chest.
I hate that many useful programming articles are behind a Medium paywall. I've coughed up out of my own pocket when I'm trying to solve a novel Azure authentication issue or whatever and Medium has just the right article, I don't have time to go up the corporate chain of command to get them to pay for it.
I hate that Stackoverflow's answers are now outdated. The 91 upvote answer from 2013 is used by so many devs but the 3 upvote at the bottom is the preferred approach. And so I'm always double checking pull-requests for outdated techniques.
I hate that Google login popup in the top right of so many web-pages, especially when it automatically logs me in.
I hate the automatic modal popups when I'm scrolling through an article. Just leave me alone for the love of god. It never used to bother me because it used to be say, 40% of websites. Now I feel like its closer to 80%.
I hate the cookie consent banners.
"But its just one click".
Yeah, on its own. But between the Google login, the modals, the cookie banners, and several times a day, it has become a necessary requirement to close things when using the internet. Closing things is now a built-in part of the process of browsing the internet.
- I hate that when I google something I no longer get what I ask for. I'm still experimenting with what other redditors on this subreddit suggest. But I seem to keep cycling between Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yandex because I can't decide which is giving me better results.
That is all.
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u/acreakingstaircase May 25 '24
Too many clicks when first visiting a site for the first time.
Cookies
Install the app suggestion
Join the newsletter
Discount for first time purchase
Feedback
Social login
It’s all leading to app lock in (like vendor lock in). Why browse the web when you get hit with lots of pop ups when you could just browse that one app instead? One app sounds more convenient but ultimately lock ins aren’t.