I hate using mobile to read articles
I hate using mobile to read articles
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 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.
The Internet is unusable without an ad blocker
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.
Firefox+Ublock origin rules
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
Using an ad blocker is essentially a requirement these days
phones used to be fun to use, now they're just miserable because advertisers have weaponized the limitations of the format
We estimate we can sell up to 80% of an individuals visual field before inducing seizures.
People who don't use ad blockers get a MUCH different experience. Especially on mobile. I made the decision to pony up the cash for an app called AdGuard years ago. It hosts its own VPN locally on your phone and filters traffic through it. The first time I learned how it worked I thought "Damn, that's a really good idea!"
It used to be "what are a thousand lawyers chained to the bottom of the ocean?"
These days I'd say “what are a thousand managers and execs chained to the bottom of the ocean?"
It's not the editors doing this shit, it's not the developers deciding this shit.
It's the managers and fuck most (but not all) of them
Mobile internet is hot garbage.
Set one of these providers as your private DNS in phone settings... if iOS allows it. I use the Mullvad. For the rest of you on android use FF+uBlock AND set your DNS.
Actually it's your fault for not using ad-block.
Technically you can blame a website, but this is the case with almost all of them. The whole internet is like this and you cannot do anything about it. At least not by yourself.
Instead, you should fix this for yourself:
- Use Firefox and install uBlock extension.
- Use ad-blocking DNS server.
Second comment: use privacy enabled browsers, either Firefox or DuckDuckGo browser
Its foss and supports extensions like:
That's probably one reason why it became a habit to stay on Lemmy, often not even opening the article.
It reminds me of the scene from Ready Player One when Desmond is saying in his board meeting, saying once they get a hold of the Oracle , that then they can put up to 80% adds on the screen before inducing seizures!!! I always wondered if it was a joke or live dark humor about where the internet is going ..
Yeah, and if you press the history back button to get away from that ad-ridden nonsense, they intercept that to "offer" more "articles" to "read" or better said they try to hold you hostage to serve even more ads to you. Should be illegal, but money.
Adblock via DNS is your friend.
Because of this I use Pocket by Firefox.
I know that its not Open Source and there are probably better programms but I kinda like it for its simplicity but there are also recommended articles if I have read all my saved ones.
AdGuard Pro on iOS is decent, but no where nearly as good as uBlock.
Reader View/Mode saves lives and blood pressure!
Use a Firefox based browser with ublock origin. I use mull
heavilyinfuriating
Internet going very well!!
Iceraven + ublock origin and its all gone.
Dns blockers for the wiiiiin!
I use edge browser on my android. It has an emersive reader button that strips away all ads, prompts, and often allows me to push through paywalls. It looks like this and has the text to speech function.
"This says the bibble..."
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I have often seen sites like that, after opening a link from the Google Discover feed that suggests stories of interest to me.
I have just started to block sites like this from showing up in suggested articles. There are almost certainly another site with the same story without shitty pop-in video players.
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My go-to browsers has been Iceraven for the add-on support and about:config inclusion. They are working on an F-Droid release, but for now it's on GitHub. Development is very active.
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nOt NoW
How about not ever, you fucks!
Edit: NextDNS will kill the ads on that page.
I personally use vivaldi and its built in adblocker
I’ve been using a fun read-it-later app called Omnivore. It has a great ad-free reader view, and it even supports saving lemmy posts.
Brave and speed reader/block scripts usually works for me
Use Brave Browser 🦁
Brave has built-in ad blocking, so no need to worry about add-ons. And it's familiar for Chrome users since it's also based on Chromium open source
