• philodendron@lemdro.idEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Idk why the other guys saying it’s some edge browser. This is the google app on iPhone. The bottom part pops up when you click on articles because they’re pushing their AI summaries. It’s actually a great feature but it’s annoying how much space it takes up

  • akakevbot@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    1 year ago

    Yup. I work from home and have a pihole on my network at home so I’ve gotten used to not seeing the ads.

    Was browsing on mobile data while on the road and was reminded why its necessary. It was unbearable.

    • LazerFX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      I’m working on setting up a VPN, so even when mobile I’ll connect back through my home network to view filtered adverts. At least, I might end up using DNS from my home anyway.

  • ramble81@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    Firefox and uBlock Origin…. Now sadly I wish I could find something like that on iPhone.

    • tromars@feddit.deEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Not sure atm what the extension I use for safari on iPhone is called, but it works great for me. I‘ll look it up when I get to it

      • tromars@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Late Update: I use Hyperweb, the free version is totally enough for me and works great

  • Kuro@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    And yet they’re baffled as to why so many people use adblockers

      • TeamDman@lemmy.world
        0·
        1 year ago

        Only due to using a different user agent, it’s totally possible to build a for-the-people pagerank that would see what we see and deprioritize stuff like ads and fluff on recipe pages

        • rip_art_bell@lemmy.world
          0·
          1 year ago

          it’s totally possible to build a for-the-people pagerank that would see what we see and deprioritize stuff like ads and fluff on recipe pages

          Why haven’t you built it then?

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
    0·
    1 year ago

    I had to use the mobile version of Chrome recently on a locked down work device with an MDM policy that prevented installation of other browsers. It made me realize I had no idea just how far gone the mobile web has become with ads.

    As an experiment I grabbed a random article on my Google News feed for today and opened it in Chrome with no ad blocking allowed and Samsung Internet with ad blocking enabled to compare.

    Chrome produces a nightmarish hell scape of ads that just gets worse the further down you scroll.

    Samsung Internet isn’t perfect because there is still a large banner taking up space at the top of the screen, but it blocks all of the ads in the article along with the website’s own ads for other articles.

    The cynic in me, however, acknowledges that the truth of the situation looks more like this, even with ad blocking enabled.