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05-25-2023, 08:08 AM | Topic Starter |
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Is surfing the web on a cell phone becoming an impossibility?
I spend time when out at a bar or on my porch smoking a cigar or waiting at a doctor's office surfing the web on my cell.
In the last 4-5 months it seems I can't even visit a single site or read one ****ing story that doesn't have a thousand pop ups for cookies, for contacting them via chat, for subscribing, for a coupon, ad after ad after ad either blocking the screen or story and intertwined between every God damn paragraph. It's gotten to the point I don't even want to do anything on my phone except visit a couple of sites that I know aren't all ****ed up. And the worst is Facebook. 1 million stories and ads to scroll through to find one post from someone you know. June 1st I am deactivating my FB account and will only check in once every six months to say hello to cousins and distant friends. What the hell has happened to the internet??? |
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05-25-2023, 08:15 AM | #2 | |
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05-25-2023, 08:17 AM | #3 |
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I don’t have this issue at all, but I also don’t really “surf” the web so much as cycle through a handful of regular sites like CP and Reddit.
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Itcs not as bad on a laptop but I see some growing bullshit there too. Fox News website is abysmal, the worst of the big media sites. I don't visit it anymore.
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05-25-2023, 08:44 AM | #5 |
Would an idiot do that?
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Doesn't sound like a normal experience. I tried Fox News and got one "try the app" thing and then going into articles I see an Amazon ad every 2 or 3 paragraphs.
If yours is significantly worse than that, either your browser sucks and you need to use a new one, or you have some kind of pop-up malware or something (and the most thorough way to fix that would be a factory reset if you have an easy way to backup/restore numbers and stuff).
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05-25-2023, 08:18 AM | #6 |
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Damn, Grandpa. Get yourself a flip phone.
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05-25-2023, 08:19 AM | #7 |
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Stop looking at porn on your phone.
Use the computers at the library for that.
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Cell phone apps are just as bad. When I'm on my PC behind linux or even windows OS it's a very straightforward interaction. On the same businesses cell phone app it's a mess of trying to navigate through AI ads and customer service.
I'm >< close to going back to my Rugby flip phone, and buying a Android tablet for when I need access on the road. I work from home 90% of the time since the pandemic and between phone apps and ads I just don't need the frustration. |
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05-25-2023, 08:22 AM | #10 |
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Many of these companies make it as unpleasant as possible to use a web browser because they want you download their stupid apps instead. I prefer a web browser as well so I gravitate towards sites that don’t discourage me from doing so by intentionally sucking.
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05-25-2023, 08:23 AM | #11 |
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Ironically the porn sites have the LEAST amount of shit and no pop ups.
I have an LG K92 5G. It's fast and nice screen size.
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It's on an app that comes with all new phones now.
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