Red flags for websites

1. Won't work without javascript enabled
2. Won't work without flash enabled
3. Targets messages towards and/or denies entry to adblock users
4. Infinite scrolling instead of numbered pages
5. Splits a small article into multiple pages to generate more clicks and/or display transitional ads
6. Contains 40MB of javascript moving elements and other bloat cancer when the information the user is looking for is no more than 5-10KB in size
7. Opens popups without the user's request
8. Disables right-clicking
9. Will not let the user directly save media such as images or video
10. Embedded social media buttons
11. Embedded Google-anything
12. Makes the user consent to being tracked before being allowed to access a page

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43. cheaps out on https certificate, causing immense hardship to visitors who have to jump through hoops to access the site

What do you mean?

44. Doesn't warn you that it uses cookies

Just set your browser to warn you.