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I think everybody is missing the point here. Content blockers are nice for ad blocking, but an even better use case here is websites knowing whether or not you
by guptaneil 11y ago
I think everybody is missing the point here. Content blockers are nice for ad blocking, but an even better use case here is websites knowing whether or not you have their mobile app installed.
Imagine a website that has an "Install our app" script that normally runs when you view it on mobile, but that script gets blocked by their own app when it's installed on your device. With a bit of creativity, you can do even cooler things than that once you think about content blockers like this.
It's kind of the inverse of extensions, where websites can define various extensions that are enabled or disabled accordingly by your installed apps.
- douche 11y agoI would pay money for an extension that would prevent websites from redirecting me from the full desktop version of their site to the crippled "mobile-optimized" version. Especially when the full site has to load completely, before a jQuery onready function fires to do the redirect...
- alttab 11y agoThis is temporary. Unfortunately, news sites have to get a clue...
- hayksaakian 11y agoget an extension to change your user agent change it to the desktop version of your browser (eg. chrome desktop instead of chrome mobile). you may need root/jailbreak to do this
- kzahel 11y agoIn Chrome on android this is an option in the dropdown menu "request desktop site"
- mkskm 11y agoYou can do this now by tapping the address bar > Request Desktop Site in Safari on iOS 8. Would be nice to have it be automatic though.
- kalleboo 11y agoApple would probably not let such an app be approved for the app store. You need to justify all your extensions, and they even block apps that scan what URL handler are supported (to see what apps are installed).