Comment by adhesive_wombat

Ha! Strong Libertarian Police Department [1] vibes.

Ironically, the New Yorker website has an illegal-in-the-EU cookies modal, then a delay and a manufactured-urgency "flash sale!" pop-up that turns into a "you're on your last article" banner.

[1]: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/l-p-d-libertari...