alt Hacker NewsDo the makers of sites like this know how terrible it is to try to actually read an article on them? Just tried on iOS. As you scroll, the ads load and change and throw you to a different part of the page and you lose your place repeatedly.
After about 4 times, I bailed.
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I actually got hit with a captcha before I could even read the article, and promptly clicked the back button. Sounds like it was for the best.
This is why I use Firefox on mobile; I'm addicted to the ad-free browsing life.
The Hearst papers uses some pretty terrible ad networks and it’s done so for years so one would have to assume it’s on purpose, like torrent tracker website ads. I only put up with it cause it’s free for now.
On most news sites, the ads are annoying and the sheer weight of the third party tracking and ad javascript make them unusable.
But I've found that a lot of news sites are bearable with javascript disabled. On chrome desktop, you can do that per site via the site settings in the location bar. On iOS, I'm using Quiche browser. It's subscription, but it can disable javascript per site and has auto dark mode functionality.
Oh they know I am certain. For these sites it's a game of reload and go into airplane mode before too much crap loads.
Use reader. That’s what it is for.
The article itself feels like clickbait.
Ads will also bring you zero-click exploits.
Just install ad blocker and js blocker on all devices.
You saw the ads, right?
Job done. Who cares if you read the article.
Have you heard of the existence of adblockers?
Its fine on PC with AdBlock. Possibly that's all they test. I sometimes wonder how these devs can sleep at night - random news websites. in the UK the sun or similar - unreadable nonsense auto play videos pop over ads etc etc. I imagine they start at - don't block ads somehow - your problem.