Speaking of DOT:

Reading that starts as soon as the page loads, without you first having to carefully click past a pop-up window which actively tries to mislead you into “consenting” to something nobody actually wants or needs, and which continues right to the end of the page without being interrupted by another pop-up begging you to subscribe to a newsletter. Gemini pages are downloaded once and rendered once, and then they stay that way for as long as you care to look at them. Nothing changes in response to you scrolling around or time passing.

Source: Gemini FAQ

Agree the modern web is an endless sea of pushy trash.