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Recently I noticed that using ad blockers on iPhone will break the reddit mobile website - it will not allow you to scroll unless the annoying "use our app" pop

Recently I noticed that using ad blockers on iPhone will break the reddit mobile website - it will not allow you to scroll unless the annoying "use our app" popup shows from the bottom and you must click no. Some blockers like 1BlockerX or maybe Wipr block these annoyances and will lead to a broken un-scrollable reddit website. This started happening only recently and I wonder if this was a deliberate decision to also annoy users of ad blockers.

vasachi 6y ago
Oh, so thats what it is. I honestly thought that they somehow implemented scroll in js, and it doesn't work in safari, because reddit engineers didn't test it :)
ffpip 6y ago
uBlock Origin can remove all those popups on Reddit, Quora, Instagram, Pinterest. Enable uBlock Annoyances in the filter lists.
- smt88 6y ago
  You can't use uBlock Origin on iOS. All iOS browsers are Safari.
  - whywhywhywhy 6y ago
    I understand Apples logic for trying to build their own AdBlocker ecosystem but honestly browsing with Safari feels so unsafe now without uBlock Origin. Keep seeing ads slip through and it's not just standard banners it's the sort of ads that look like they'll give you malware if you mis-clicked them.
- MaxikCZ 6y ago
  And then the scrolling wont work, if I understand parent comment correctly
  - ffpip 6y ago
    It works.
    - Daniel_sk 6y ago
      It dependes on the adblocker. For example AdGuard had the same issue and they later fixed it: https://forum.adguard.com/index.php?threads/resolved-reddit-mobile-scrolling-issue.35669/ https://forum.adguard.com/index.php?threads/resolved-reddit-...
      - ffpip 6y ago
        Yes. And it works in uBlock Origin, which is what i've been saying to enable it in from the start. I didn't mention other adblockers