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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Mar 2014

    There should be a way to report app devs that run web ads that auto-open App Store from Mobile Safari. Like this one.pic.twitter.com/ZvG13vPY9q

    6:03 AM - 28 Mar 2014
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      1. puɐɹʇɹǝq ǝɯnɐllınƃ‏ @gbuk 28 Mar 2014
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        .@aral in my dreams I have a big switch to turn on/off all forms of advertising in my life...

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      1. Agent Arioch [Umbra]‏ @the_LoungeFly 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral it's infuriating! >:-!

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      1. Robb Lewis‏ @rmlewisuk 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral That’s the same dev I got a spam text from advertising one of their games. No idea where they got my number from.

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      1. Ross Bruniges‏ @rossbruniges 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral from my experience it's ALWAYS that one and seems to come about when I'm looking at any website to do with the San Antonio Spurs...

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      2. Mark Sweeney‏ @MarkSweeney 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral @CraigGrannell I've had to stop browsing several websites because of this.

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      3. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 28 Mar 2014
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        @MarkSweeney @aral Advertisers are the problem. I’ve even seen this happen on TechRadar.

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      4. Mark Sweeney‏ @MarkSweeney 28 Mar 2014
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        @CraigGrannell @aral Advertisers are causing it, but websites that let any code through their ad portals need to step up and block this crap

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      1. Chris‏ @bigbluewolf_ 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral @CraigGrannell So that's what happens then. I thought it was a Safari bug in iOS 7. It's a pain in the backside.

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      1. Mahammed Zishan Khan‏ @MahammedZKhan 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral good thing about Android is that in Android it actually asks the user if they want to open the link, maybe something similar is needed

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      1. puɐɹʇɹǝq ǝɯnɐllınƃ‏ @gbuk 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral moreover there should be a dialog/permission for allowing to leave the browser or open popups

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      1. Rick Ekle‏ @rekle 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral I agree. I hate that. Couldn’t figure out why App Store kept popping up at first.

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      2. Brendan Jones‏ @brandybongos 28 Mar 2014
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        @aral My @Cheezburger app does that all the time. A right pain when you're waiting for amusing feline GIFs to load.

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      3. Cheezburger‏Verified account @Cheezburger 28 Mar 2014
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        @critiqaltheory Auto-redirects are not something we allow, though sometimes we have to track down an offending ad partner. Can you provide..

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