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.
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
I really wish they brought back Reader mode. I kept the old version of firefox side by side just so I can force some pages into it. Makes reading soooo much easier.
Reader mode is still here and works 100% fine, at least on Android…
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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)
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?
Except if you’re an apple tard 😂😂
I use Firefox and Firefox Klar which integrates into Firefox on iOS. I see no ads.
Edit: deleting my comment because it’s useless to reply to a crypto bro
I have nothing against nocoiners
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.
Even the “story” is a fucking ad.
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!
As a human race, we have developed such amazing technologies over the last 30 years. It’s staggering. My political ideologies don’t really skew much near communism, but holy shit. This is the closest I’ve come in a long time to cracking open my copy of The Marx-Engels Reader in long time
You know what makes me sad? Knowing that the most talented and creative minds on our time are probably working on the advertising industry.
Ladbible gamingbible is a site with no original content it is all copy pasted or stolen packed with ads.
Firefox Mobile has uBlock Origin that works on every site, even in incognito mode. Give it a try if this post pains you!
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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.
Firefox + uBlock Origin
The only way to go honestly.
If you wanna get extra comfy, also Dark Reader.
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.
That’s changable
Umm, change your standard browser to firefox? Works like a charm
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.
I use AdNauseum. It has uBlock built in but also clicks ads in the background, costing advertisers money, and poisoning your web profile.
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.
I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened to streaming services yet.
So when shifting to firefox with ublock origin?
Bro is using chrome 💀💀💀
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!
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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.
Firefox + ublock with popups disabled + duckduckgo
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What’s duckduckgo for in this combo? VPN? Search?
the DDG browser can setup a “fake vpn” tracking blocker for your entire phone. Last I checked certain apps were excluded by default as the tech is quite new and some apps don’t work right with it. It’ll then give you an overview of how many tracking attempts it blocks for each app.
On android, to block trackers.
Like as a browser you mean? Then what’s Firefox for?
DDG has tracker protection that works like a VPN to protect your phone from trackers, it runs in the background no matter what app you are using.
Sort of. From what I’ve heard DDG can set up a tracking blocker that will block tracking attempts across your entire phone, but I don’t know exactly how it works.
Search engine.
Firefox instead of Chrome
DDG instead of Google / Yahoo / Bing
DDG has their own browser, which I think is a modified version of Firefox.
This is the Way.
Using an ad blocker is essentially a requirement these days
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.
