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I wish there was something I could do like this on mobile. I've given up trying to read these pages on my phone now, it's just too distracting to have all their

• kingbirdy 9y ago
  Because if they put more things on your screen, you'll click more things, driving up their revenue when you inevitably click an ad
• steventhedev 9y ago
  Firefox for Android has both reader mode which works fairly well with Medium, and you can install uBlock Origin, which declutters most mobile sites from ads (not sticky headers though). Not sure how it got this bad, but there are ways to solve it for all sites (reader mode)
• mbid 9y ago
  Firefox mobile supports extensions.
• gargs 9y ago
  I downloaded this app called 'Unobstruct' the other day. It does just this for mobile safari. https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/unobstruct/id1255281426?l=en&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/unobstruct/id1255281426?l=en...
  • twobyfour 9y ago
    Been looking for something like this for months. Trying it out right now!
• gtnou34snteuo 9y ago
  I use Safari's Reader mode to get rid of this stuff and modal dialog pop-ups asking me to subscribe or whatever they're asking. I also use Firefox Focus to remove ads on iOS or Adblock for Safari on desktop.
• dredmorbius 9y ago
  https://outline.com https://outline.com You can append most URLs to that to get simplified format (Reader-mode type result) of the site. Example: https://outline.com/https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed1788 https://outline.com/https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-abo... I tried HackerNoon -- it doesn't work. Fuck'em.