GOG.com is one of the 'trusted websites' in all my browsers privacy and security settings.

This is why I keep seeing embedded 'pop-up ads' - thankfully, not from 3rd party ad-servers, but rather GOG's own ''recommendations' and other 'sales' event related pop-ups.

This is - imho - a bad choice. Too aggressive. Annoying at best, and also something I have to click away to get to see the things, I actually came to GOG.com to see.

These ads are also as useful as the Namibian prince phishing Emails from the 1990?

You already have me visiting your website. I am not visiting by accident. I have intent. I am here on GOG.com's website because I want something. Either see or buy.

Blocking my view to your content with some pop-up ad is another hurdle, I have to click away to get to do what I came here for to do.

These pop-up ads are not going to make me suddenly buy things. You have ALL OF YOUR WEBSITE HEADERS and BACKGROUND canvas to place your ads and event-related promotions. There really is NO NEED to then also splash pop-up ads to annoy users?

Did I make my point clearly?

Thanks.

PS: Also, adding emojis to your Email subject line?

WTF?!

Who came up with this? Are you living out your 8-years old selves? It is annoying, unnecessary and makes your emails end up in my spam-folders.

Email subject line is there to tell a Email recepient what the email is about, not to look at micro-pictures. Leave that to your Twitter feed and other social media nonsense you have to use for promotion and marketing. It is imbecile, for a company to pretend it is a child?

Cheers.

I always use an ad blocker, so I'm not sure if what you are talking about are the same ads that I'm thinking about or not, but the ads that pop-up when one hovers the cursor over games listed on the main GOG page is incredibly aggravating and anti-user friendly.

GOG should indeed abolish that crap, as does it nothing but to discourage sales (by causing people to close the website out of frustration), not encourage them.

The GOG website was a lot better when it didn't do that.

If your OP is complaining about that, then I agree 100%. If it isn't, then IMO that should be added to the complaint in your OP.

I like the emojis, they're usually related to the topic (a nuclear sign for Fallout) so it's just another form of language to get the point across

As for the pop-ups, they never show up to me so I can't say

@OP - Are you logged into GOG when you see these adverts?
If not, then that is likely why, and it is a standard practice for many websites to act that way to guests.

I likewise don't like those stupid emojis in email subject lines. They border on being retarded, and are completely unnecessary. They make it look like it is either an email for a child or from a child.

"I don't like [thing] therefore it's bad."

Ok thanks! I can sum up my experience with one word: same.

The emojis never bother me. Using them in email subject lines isn't a GOG exclusive thing either. There's a crafting store in the US called Michaels that is always using emojis in email subject lines. Lush Cosmetics also uses them in their subject lines. PetSmart uses emojis also.

When it's something fun - especially games, crafting, cutesy soap, pet products - there's almost always emojis in the email subject line, especially when they're announcing a sale. I've noticed that even stores that don't normally have emojis in their emails will get out the emojis if they're announcing a sale.

(=^ ◡ ^=)

😀 😁 😂 😃 😄 😅 😆 😇 😈 😉 😊 😋 😌 😍 😎 😏
😐 😑 😒 😓 😔 😕 😖 😗 😘 😙 😚 😛 😜 😝 😞 😟
😠 😡 😢 😣 😤 😥 😦 😧 😨 😩 😪 😫 😬 😭 😮 😯
😰 😱 😲 😳 😴 😵 😶 😷 😸 😹 😺 😻 😼 😽 😾 😿
🙀 🙁 🙂 🙃 🙄 🙅 🙆 🙇 🙈 🙉 🙊 🙋 🙌 🙍 🙎 🙏

My response on this topic. I feel about the same. Cute emoji btw.

I'd rather have an emoji party like it's 1999

I'm more a 1983 public access television kinda guy.