“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn’t allow free use any more”

Of course Stack Exchange/Overflow needs to make money, but this, a huge ad, with no easy way to dismiss, to go question view by default, no way to escape it that’s intuitive, and only the hamburger menu or footer menu, is very bad design. I’ve been a member of Stack Overflow for years, but these are the kind of steps that kind of turn you off and make you consider making your own Q & A site that doesn’t pull these kind of shenanigans without consulting the community. But that’s okay, all companies do that eventually, giving rise to the competition that appeals to the alienated user base.

Source: meta.stackoverflow.com