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Aren't banks sort of the poster children for legacy practices though? Only works with this or that browser, here are some weird password rules, yes I have an SVGA monitor, no I can't search older than 90 days, etc. I'm used to turning off my modern expectations and just getting into the 20 years-old flow for the time I'm logged into the average bank. No, I don't want to switch banks (where my mortgage and dozens of ACH linkages are set up) to have better ad blocker compatibility.



Thankfully legacy practices didn't include advertisements in paid sites, i.e. where you are the customer.

If you value your finances at all, you won't allow advertisers into the connection.


They aren't using advertisers. They're incorrectly* using user behavior instrumentation for diagnostics and anti-fraud, especially blocking on login if tracking is disabled as they are trying to prevent credential stuffing bots.

* Bug, or feature, many fail if the tracking is blocked, due to other code that assumes it's there or depends on it. They fail closed instead of fail open.




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