Video playing, ad that scrolls, two lines of a story, the bottom popping up with notifications every few minutes over the top of more scrolling ads.
Yay internet.
Edit: Oh wow! Did not expect so many responses. First let me say, thank you for taking the time to read and respond! To address the biggest response to use Firefox I actually have it on my phone it’s just remembering to break the habit. This was more to show what an average user who just uses what they’re used to experiences on mobile browsing.
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Obligatory mention that Firefox Mobile supports plugins like uBlock Origin. You don’t have to suffer this rubbish!
i always open in Firefox, makes life 1000x easier on mobile
Switched not to long ago and the reader mode is a lifesaver as well
Can get you around paywalls on articles too
Yes
extremely unlikely u would see the trashiest trash if u just had a host blocker (firefox strict, ublock, umatrix, etc…)
uBlock isn’t going to block pop-ups that are from the website you’re visiting.
u probably donteven need an adblocker.
i bet there is a config to disable popups. (might break some legitimate use cases)
Can Memmy be configured to use this browser when opening links?
I think all the people who are recommending things like Firefox plus uBlock are missing the point. Mobile internet shouldn’t require that to be readable. It’s bad design and it should be discouraged. If you want advertising on your site, fine, but don’t make it so obtrusive that it makes the site literally unreadable.
Mobile internet shouldn’t require that to be readable.
You’re right, but we can’t realistically affect web designers directly. We can only control our devices, so we should focus our energy there first.
To be fair, it’s not the web developers doing this… It’s the people they work for.
We know… they don’t care. They don’t give a shit if you can read their site, as long as they can trick you into clicking an ad.
Firefox + uBlock Origin
How do so many people still not do this?
Most apps, including Lemmy apps, open links in an internal browser which does not have those features.
You can usually change that in the settings. If not (at least on Android and on the app I’m currently using) if you open a link in your lemmy app, then click the “…” menu (in Connect and my previous reddit app, it was on the top right) there is an option to “open in Firefox,” or “open in external app.” This will open the link in your browser instead of having to view it in your lemmy app.
I probably should change it, I just haven’t bothered yet.
I have a DNS ad blocker on my network so no need.
That definitely doesn’t catch everything. I use the same system, though, and it’s a must-do for anyone who hates ads!
I’m running it on Infoblox NIOS with multiple RPZs. One RPZ is just ads.
IPhone users can’t do this. It’s actually only available on Android. I was surprised to find this out earlier this year.
I have some friends who think they are superior because they can use ichat… It’s pretty sad. Like… Oh no, I’m a green chat box. I guess I’ll cry into Revanced and Firefox for mobile. Plus, even if I had an iPhone, I’d still be using Signal.
You may also be surprised to find out that the Safari browser that comes with iOS has extensions support and even special support for content blockers (aka ad blocking extensions) that works great.
The only way to go honestly.
If you wanna get extra comfy, also Dark Reader.
I use AdNauseum. It has uBlock built in but also clicks ads in the background, costing advertisers money, and poisoning your web profile.
Firefox Mobile has uBlock Origin that works on every site, even in incognito mode. Give it a try if this post pains you!
Even iOS and Samsung fucking browser gave ad blockers.
Chrome mobile is shit and purposefully so.
That + reader mode is a blessing for articles.
You can also use Fennec (Firefox) or Kiwi Browser (Chrome) forks for Android. Both support uBlock Origin.
IceRaven (based on Firefox) browser has some extra add-ons support than plain Firefox Mobile.
Fandom wikis are so fucking shit at this
this site helps looking up stuff on fandom wikis without going insane.
You’re an amazing beautiful being and I love you forever! 🫀🫀🫀
Oh my. I’m blushing.
But it is a game changer
I’m reminded of that Futurama episode where the gang logs onto year-3000 VR internet and is immediately assaulted by a vicious swarm of flying viagra ads.
Bro is using chrome 💀💀💀
I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened to streaming services yet.
And the cherry on top is that the article is probably AI generated garbage anyways
I remember the internet before popups. It was so nice…
When was that? I only really got into computers around the time of windows 98 and back then everything was a pop-up on the internet. You would actually go to war against the popups, trying to close more that were opening.
Maybe that was on XP tho because I don’t really remember it that well. I certainly remember looking up what the word incest meant for a school assignment and having to rush to close popup ads at the public library. It was the first time I used the internet and it was not a great first impression.
Around the time of Windows 95. You missed it by -->| |<– that much.
Aww shucks!
Using an ad blocker is essentially a requirement these days
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Firefox + ublock with popups disabled + duckduckgo
This is the Way.
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There’s like an ad every paragraph or two on sites like these. Then apparently that’s not enough so they have auto-playing video ads and pop-up ads too. Do they seriously think people will tolerate this and not go off the website?
The sad thing is that there are enough people who don’t care to keep their revenue up.
I really wish the entire world would just take one week off the internet, would be interesting.
To address the biggest one to use Firefox I actually have it on my phone it’s just remembering to break the habit.
Set FF as default then hide the icon for chrome in a folder.
