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.

    • proleEnglish
      14•1 year ago

      How do so many people still not do this?

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 year ago

        Most apps, including Lemmy apps, open links in an internal browser which does not have those features.

        • proleEnglish
          15•1 year ago

          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.

      • @jasonwaterfallsEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I have a DNS ad blocker on my network so no need.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 year ago

          That definitely doesn’t catch everything. I use the same system, though, and it’s a must-do for anyone who hates ads!

          • @jasonwaterfallsEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            I’m running it on Infoblox NIOS with multiple RPZs. One RPZ is just ads.

      • @[email protected]English
        0•1 year ago

        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.

        • @didnt_readitEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          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.