In an &quot;Ask HN:&quot; someone is calling for a ban on Forbes.<p>Forbes has indeed reached a new plateau in stupidity.<p>Anyone using a text-only browser has seen that Forbes&#x27; most recent design transfers all the content but prevents the page from even displaying in even the most accomodating browser.  The word that comes to my mind for their approach to web development is &quot;boneheaded&quot;.<p>Quick and dirty script to view Forbes articles, with no ads:<p><pre><code>  curl http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;... \
  |sed &#x27;
  1i\
  &lt;html&gt;

  s&#x2F;\\n&#x2F;\
  &#x2F;g;
  s&#x2F;\\r&#x2F;&#x2F;g;
  s&#x2F;\\&quot;&#x2F;\&quot;&#x2F;g;
  $a\
  &lt;&#x2F;html&gt;

  &#x2F;.&#x2F;{2,&#x2F;try {&#x2F;d;
  &#x2F;} catch&#x2F;,$d;}
  &#x27; &gt; 1.html
</code></pre>
Then view 1.html in your browser.<p>Why did I call their web design &quot;boneheaded&quot;?<p>They include two full copies of the article.<p>And this is before all the ads and God knows what are injected into the page.