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PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading (stuartbreckenridge.net)
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[โ€“] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PC gamer hijacks your browser history to show more articles when you try to back out of the site.

I HAAAAAATE this so bloody much. It's such a gross feeling when your device literally stops working the way it's supposed to work just because a website wants to shove more of their crap at you.

[โ€“] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Is that like literally the simple and core definition of malware? Like thats just what those sites are, malware.