Your Frustration Is the Product (Intrusive marketing on publisher websites)

You read two paragraphs and there’s a box that interrupts you. You read another two paragraphs and there’s another interruption. All the way until the end of the article. We’re visiting their website to read a fucking article. If we wanted to watch videos, we’d be on YouTube. It’s like going to a restaurant, ordering a cheeseburger, and they send a marching band to your table to play trumpets…

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/blog/2026/03/21/your-frustration-is-the-product-intrusive-marketing-on-publisher-websites/