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[-] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Do you remember the old internet pop up ads that would play sound and music at 100% volume? And there was no way to mute a tab back in the day (tab browsing was in its infancy), so you’d have to rush to turn down the volume or find that popup and kill it.

Yeah I don’t want those to come back lol.

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 11 points 11 months ago

There were definitely still ways to block pop-ups, and if you were really worried you just left your speakers at 0% volume 100% of the time.

[-] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

The popups and auto play videos are just embedded directly into the page now.

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

as someone who never really experienced the old internet, all I hear are the positive sides and I feel like the guy in xkcd 239

[-] TwentySeven@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, but turning down the volume was easy. You just turn the knob on the computer speakers.

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