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This infuriates me to no end. I just cannot believe that it's even allowed to kick a user out of their browser and into an app store without their express inter
by bobwaycott 10y ago
This infuriates me to no end. I just cannot believe that it's even allowed to kick a user out of their browser and into an app store without their express interaction.
- panic 10y agoThe browser considers your touch (which you intended to scroll the page) an "express interaction". A policy from a simpler time!
- bobwaycott 10y agoI encounter this on page loads frequently, before I've even touched the screen. I also encounter it from ads inside certain news apps (which actually angers me more than the browser, if only a little). Perhaps the express interaction is using my phone?
- rhizome 10y agoThe relative rarity (IME) of appstore-jacking causes me to believe it's closely related to ad-network malware delivery. Perhaps a test for more nefarious future ads, but I'm inclined to blame unfixed ad network vulnerabilities.
- robryk 10y agoWhy is it any different than redirecting to a different webpage?
- Retric 10y agoNo back button.
- ianlevesque 10y agoThere is since iOS 9. It also has popups before navigating out of the browser, but yeah, what a web these days.
- zaroth 10y agoFor YouTube videos, but I noticed suspiciously not for Twitter.
- bobwaycott 10y agoThey're both obnoxiously shitty. You wanted to load one resource, and then are redirected to a different, unwanted resource by an ad? That's asshole behavior. It's particularly worse when you're redirected out of the app you're using and into another one. Nobody wants to be redirected by an ad to something they didn't ask for.