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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by hunterloftis on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:27PM (#21539614)
Related to an HN article from earlier this week: you might consider trying the Brave browser. With it, I didn't experience any of that.
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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by Lerain on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:52PM (#21539882)
I was trying to read it on an iPhone using Safari. The mobile "experience" is way, way worse compared to that on a big screen. At least two thirds of my screen estate were blocked by popups and that's how the vast majority of (mobile) users are going to experience it as well.
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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by buboard on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:31PM (#21539650)
it auto-closes sign-up popups and cookie prompts ?
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Re:Vice Ventures is investing in taboo industries that other... by hunterloftis on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:39PM (#21539736)
I just checked again (on mobile). It does show the sign-in prompt (was just less obtrusive on desktop). It doesn't show app prompts or cookie prompts.
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