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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Firefox is available for Android. You can install add-ons, like UBlock, just as you would on desktop
Ublock origin.
not Ublock.
Ublock is scam software.
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.
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.
That + reader mode is a blessing for articles.
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
They really are the worst. You’d think a wiki site could place their ads tastefully, but clearly not with Fandom.
Obligatory mention that Firefox Mobile supports plugins like uBlock Origin. You don’t have to suffer this rubbish!
extremely unlikely u would see the trashiest trash if u just had a host blocker (firefox strict, ublock, umatrix, etc…)
Can Memmy be configured to use this browser when opening links?
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)
Except if you’re an apple tard 😂😂
Edit: deleting my comment because it’s useless to reply to a crypto bro
I have nothing against nocoiners
I use Firefox and Firefox Klar which integrates into Firefox on iOS. I see no ads.
Safari on iOS supports extensions. Chrome on Android does not. But hey, keep telling yourself that Google are better than Apple at this.
Who cares about Google? Chrome is trash. You don’t understand that in the Android world I can install infinite different browsers. I am not dependent on what one company allows. Must be hard to understand for an Apple brain.
I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened to streaming services yet.
So when shifting to firefox with ublock origin?
And the cherry on top is that the article is probably AI generated garbage anyways
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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!
The issue here isn’t mobile, it’s the shit hole the internet has become.
people would blame javascript, but i am no dev :/
I mean it’s technically true that it’s javascript allows for this. But it’s also true that your OS kernel allows this to happen too.
I think it’s best to keep it simple and just blame whoever owns the site that decides it would be a good idea to do these things. Because they could just decide not to add some JS code to display shit like this.
phones used to be fun to use, now they’re just miserable because advertisers have weaponized the limitations of the format
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?
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We estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individuals visual field before inducing seizures.
Firefox; load the page and then view it in Reader Mode.
Or add ublock origin to firefox, to remove ads.
Clever people recommending browsers, DNSes, extentions… But is it how this suppose to work?
Normalize pure HTML websites.
I think I might put that on a T-shirt. Ferchrissakes. The propensity for everyone to want to build a GD React SPA with gobs of unnecessary Javascript is so very rampant right now.
Let the backlash begin. Someone has got push back - the hegemony of Javascript frameworks as the Golden Hammer of the Internet has just got to end.
I remember when Spring came along and effectively put the end to baroque J2EE stuff; it seems that the frontend is long overdue for this type of revolution. Or at least stop inflicting this awful experience on the users…why do I need to keep upgrading my computers every few years, just to browse the freaking Internet? Why is Javascript necessary to read text? It’s ridiculous.
The front end ecosystem is a bit out of control, but the issue isn’t JavaScript. Nearly every site uses it and people don’t notice.
Business are making intentional design decisions that lead to what we see here.
It’s not Javascript per se, it’s the abuse of it that I take issue with. Also, there are plenty of places where it has no purpose that benefits the user and it would be quite possible to have many sites/pages that don’t require Javascript at all.
Mobile Firefox + Adblocker add on.
Ublock origin don’t use adblock
Can confirm, mobile Firefox experience is amazing these days. There is a curated list of addons you can install, which includes uBlock Origin, but if you want access to every desktop extension, you can use Firefox Nightly.
Nightly or Beta, with custom add-on collection
Too crash prone for me. I use a foldable phone and it’s a 50/50 chance of crashing when I’m transitioning from the cover screen to the inner screen. Even the stable version has dodgy foldable support.
I’m on a fold3 and it’s never once crashed when moving to the inner screen?
Nightly or stable build? On stable it doesn’t crash for me but the dodginess is when I’m transitioning from inner to cover screen and the layout will be stuck on the cover screen and I’ll need to restart the app and it’ll use the correct layout.
stable, app store version 117.1.0 on OneUI 5.1.1
I think the transitioning difficulties would be website dependant, but most work just fine seamlessly for me.
Even then, some sites are just awful.
