Tried to read a post on their forums and after the post loads, comes this lovely modal. The X to close the modal is quite continently positioned so it is under the top UI of the browser and thus cannot be closed. My respect for this site has just been lost.
I mean it’s not enough to make me lose respect for ifixit, that seems a little extreme for what amounts to whoever is making their website being a dumbass. These types of subscribe popups are incredibly obnoxious though and I can’t imagine the minuscule amount of subscriptions they gain are worth making the mobile experience so irritating. I’ve certainly never subscribed through one of these