On: Adam Neumann planned for his children and grandchildren to control WeWork

[nottorp]

Kinda off topic: is there a way to opt out of tracking on sites like techcrunch that seem to use a seriously obfuscated opt out screen?

I've never dared to click past the second dialog for fear that I'll opt in to something by mistake.

[SahAssar → nottorp]

Disable all js, and you don't get the popup. I use umatrix to disable js on these sites (medium is another one that is a lot better without js).

[nebulous1 → SahAssar]

I'm giving this a go but it might be a situation where it just breaks too many things. I realize it gives you the power to fix things up relatively easily, but over half the sites I've visited so far have required changes.

[C14L → nottorp]

Yes, add these to your `/etc/hosts` file:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h...

[Angostura → nottorp]

Good question. I haven't found a way around, so I've stopped visiting. Presumably one day they'll get a kicking from a GDPR regulator - but they have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

[personlurking → Angostura]

If you copy the URL fast enough after clicking, you can check Archive (.is) to see if it's been archived. In this case, it was.

http://archive.is/NLqpE

There's also Outline. Not sure if one service is better than the other.

[icebraining → personlurking]

Instead of copying, you can just click Stop on the browser before the dialog opens.

[nottorp → Angostura]

Yeah, that's what I normally do, but sometimes i click a HN link without checking where it goes... like today.

[tedmiston → nottorp]

Try outline.com/<url>.