The Site for Prevention of Laptop Sales
I wanted to buy the new Lenovo X1 Carbon (14th generation), and I was presented with the shit show above. Let’s go through the gauntlet: First a cookie warning (where you click on the box bot…
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The Site For Prevention Of Laptop SalesI wanted to buy the new Lenovo X1 Carbon (14th generation), and I was presented with the shit show above. Let’s go through the gauntlet:First a cookie warning (where you click on the box bottom right). OK, that’s normal, even though a site selling laptops shouldn’t have any of those cookies that you have to warn about.Then a “rebate on your first order” thing pops up. (It’s approx $30.) You have to hit the non-huge-button text on the bottom right to reject the offer.Then a chatbot pops up and takes focus so you can’t scroll down to buy the laptop.
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