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Can we just not post anything from TechCrunch? Their website is horribly anti-user.
by JustSomeNobody 7y ago
Can we just not post anything from TechCrunch? Their website is horribly anti-user.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoHeh on my HN client for Android (Material) I never could open TechCrunch articles with the built-in browser. I gave up on using the built-in browser as a result. I wouldnt outright ban TechCrunch but I agree it can be entirelt unusable. Sidenote: Wondering if anybody outside of Google offers an embedded browser component for Android like Mozilla and co. They might be able to provide a better experience.
- t0astbread 7y agoMozilla has GeckoView[1]. They also distribute a set of helper components for building browser-like applications on Android called Mozilla Android Components[2]. [1] https://mozilla.github.io/geckoview https://mozilla.github.io/geckoview [2] https://mozac.org https://mozac.org Aside from that I'm also using this client on my phone, and I stopped using the built-in browser as well. I've configured the app to use my native browser which means I now get all the benefits from that when reading articles in Material (like having uMatrix on).
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- Semaphor 7y agoRE: Sidenote I think the FF preview works as webview?
- joosters 7y agoTechcrunch pages seem to have the highest number of adware/spyware scripts and links attached to them. I'd be amazed if the site hasn't also got a huge number of GDPR breaches in its workings.
- wastedhours 7y agoOath does have that truly awful preferences dialogue that pops up on first visit. It's frankly enough to make me navigate away most times.
- userbinator 7y agoThe linked page displays surprisingly well when visited with JS off, although it's ~10KB of article text embedded in 365KB of other (inline) crap. There's not even a nag to goad you into turning JS on.