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Here's a screenshot of the mobile site: https://i.imgur.com/WDDnKJk.png https://i.imgur.com/WDDnKJk.png In the top left, there's an "open in app" button. It's
by huehehue 8y ago
Here's a screenshot of the mobile site: https://i.imgur.com/WDDnKJk.png https://i.imgur.com/WDDnKJk.png
In the top left, there's an "open in app" button. It's not very intrusive, it's just sitting there in the header to remind you that there's an app. The rest of the website looks usable, right? Nope.
Click on "open in app": redirected to app store
Click on user's avatar: redirected to app store
Click on "read more": redirected to app store
Click on one of the reactions: redirected to app store
It's dishonest because the site isn't interactive at all -- there's a huge overlay that prevents any meaningful interaction with the site. It's quite the opposite of lazy, because there's a functional site under there, they just refuse to let people use it.
- conductr 8y agoI don’t understand Why doesn’t google penalize them? They used to be pretty hard on links doing something other than what is expected. Maybe not anymore..
- vatueil 8y agoIsn't Yelp one of the main forces behind the slew of complaints against Google? That must tie Google's hands to some extent.
- bootaccount 8y agothey're using app.adjust.com to force the user to get the app and track the behavior -- using Firefox and something like uBlock will prevent the behavior and block the redirect attempt
- huehehue 8y agoI'm using Firefox and uBlock Origin, it still kicks you to uBlock's warning/whitelist page.
- bootaccount 8y agothe only option I've found is to force desktop mode, otherwise virtually all engagement with the mobile site will redirect to the app