You don’t browse that way. You browse the fediverse through an app like Voyager and the links you click go through the native iOS browser, without any ad blocking. You have to copy paste the link into your chosen browser to actually have ad blocking on iOS.
You can set a default for opening links outside of an app. Like, i can set an app (if there’s an option) to always open links externally and it will open in my default browser. Unfortunately, from my understanding, apps are required to use default safari when opening a link in-app. It’s really inconvenient to open every link I click in the voyager app externally so I just open links in reader mode as default.
Technically all browsers are safari on iOS but apps like chrome, Firefox, etc. only use the shell.
the links you click go through the native iOS browser, without any ad blocking
That’s the “that way” I meant.
I generally browse the fediverse in my default browser (or a progressive web app) and open links in the same browser. Browser has ad blocking. The network has DNS-level ad blocking. Opening websites like kotaku raw like that seems absolutely insane.
I agree. I don’t keep track of what sites are horrible cause I don’t see them usually. But when it hits you, it’s shocking just how unusable the raw internet has become. Some sites I are fine but sometimes I just got copy paste to actually read an article.
Are you not using an adblocker in 2025?
To be fair, the entire thing is an ad disguised as an article.
Clicking a link directly through an app in iOS is still eye murder.
Sounds miserable. Why would anyone choose to browse the internet that way?
You don’t browse that way. You browse the fediverse through an app like Voyager and the links you click go through the native iOS browser, without any ad blocking. You have to copy paste the link into your chosen browser to actually have ad blocking on iOS.
On Android, you can choose which browser is used by default to open web links. Is that not an option in iOS?
You can set a default for opening links outside of an app. Like, i can set an app (if there’s an option) to always open links externally and it will open in my default browser. Unfortunately, from my understanding, apps are required to use default safari when opening a link in-app. It’s really inconvenient to open every link I click in the voyager app externally so I just open links in reader mode as default.
Technically all browsers are safari on iOS but apps like chrome, Firefox, etc. only use the shell.
Ah, that’s unfortunate. I guess the onus should still be on web sites to not be a tire fire, rather than expecting users to adopt workarounds.
That’s the “that way” I meant.
I generally browse the fediverse in my default browser (or a progressive web app) and open links in the same browser. Browser has ad blocking. The network has DNS-level ad blocking. Opening websites like kotaku raw like that seems absolutely insane.
I agree. I don’t keep track of what sites are horrible cause I don’t see them usually. But when it hits you, it’s shocking just how unusable the raw internet has become. Some sites I are fine but sometimes I just got copy paste to actually read an article.