So paywalls are a thing, if you're referring to news sites
Also Quora has been doing the "if you want to read please become a member" thing for a long time, and it's kind of their perogative, they're also looking to foster (or require) interaction with their site on a deeper level than say, yahoo answers.
Survey buttons really shouldn't
Modals/popups to beg for social media kudos are kinda distasteful... not many places I surf do that, then again, I surf a relatively small part of the internet...
Yeah, in the end I guess I say all this to say, you might be overreacting a little
