You forgot the pop-ups, forced midi music, easily injected malware, difficulty in verifying sources, html frames that frequently broke, the entire concept of needing a site map, fucking keywords, true banner ads that could force clicks with Javascript, and RealPlayer to name a few. I don’t miss it at all.
This article is missing some stuff I’d really like to know. How long did this 1,000 km trip take? How often did they have to stop? What was the average range per day? All of the specs that would be great to know are missing here.
It was developed and abandoned, but The Rubicon comes to mind.
I have used privacy.com for this in the past. Don’t know if there are better options.
I’m not defending this, but this is an extremely common practice in the US.