Why ElementaryOS Left Medium
Yeah, so basically modals, banners, reminders to use the app etc. (vide <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webdesignerdepot.com&#x2F;cdn-origin&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;Medium-Mobile-Popup.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webdesignerdepot.com&#x2F;cdn-origin&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;...</a>) are new toolbars of the late 2010s (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;X7ipc.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;X7ipc.png</a>).<p>I don&#x27;t like the direction where the Web is currently heading. Shutting down open APIs, forcing users to use the one and only official app (Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Reddit&#x27;s starting to do so more and more), ubiquitous tracking, aggressive ad targeting and so on.<p>How can we - users, programmers, hackers - fight this?