I normally use the Aurora frontend, but I used Google’s app to check something. I couldn’t help but notice that when I swiped and then let go, the page would barely move past the point I had let go. It had no momentum whatsoever. As soon as I got past the ads, scrolling was back to normal and the exact same flinging motion would send me down by at least a screen’s worth.
Has anyone else noticed this?
It might just be that the ad is bogging down the device, rather than a change to the scrolling behaviour. I’ve definitely had my phone heat up noticeably when it’s trying to load an ad.
That’s a fair point. It’s so strange that it does that, especially when the ad is functionally identical to a normal piece of content for that medium.