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title: Building a Cozy Web
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permalink: /:title/
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description: If you ask how I want to change the web, I start here
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category: projects
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Have you ever clicked a link to an article, all hyped up to read the content, only to be slapped in the face with popups over popups of requests to subscribe and consent permission?
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Ah, well you're not alone.
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A lot of websites now has become a "pay for convenience" kind of business.
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Either you pay for literal money and get access to their content, or they make you jump through hoops and you pay with time (and your personal data).
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And the hard truth is, website owners have every right to do this.
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The more digital-literate people know several solutions exist to get around this.
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You have browsers offering a Reader View.
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You have apps like Pocket.
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But are these solutions enough now?
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## Your Modern-Day Reading Assistant
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