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‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by cunthorpe »

sandworm101 wrote: post #31

This reminds me of Jeremy Clarkson's speeches about race version of street cars: Paying more for less car. Ten thousand dollars more for the same car but without air conditioning. A few thousand more for one without rear seats. Eventually we will we be paying an infinite amount of money for a car that doesn't exist. Three dollars to disable this OS feature. Another three to not use passwords. A few more for bypassing…

What he said doesn’t make sense anyway. More is less.

Plenty of people pay extra to have a slimmed down version of something, ask Apple users.

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by jraph »

_jal wrote: post #45
JoshTriplett wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would happily pay for an Open Source adblocker-style extension that intentionally breaks "do you want to download and install our app instead of using a perfectly reasonable web browser that you're in control of" pop-ups. If I don't already have the app installed, there's a reason for that. (In general, an adblocker is one of the most valuable things I have installed. I wish EasyList had a subscription option; I'd…

I just don't look at Reddit on mobile.

I can suggest https://libredd.it/ on desktop (probably works well on mobile too) and Slide [1] on Android.

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ccrama.redditslide/

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by irl_chad »

lobocinza wrote: post #98
IgorPartola wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I block ads at the DNS level. Aside from 2-3 legitimate websites that broke as a result of this (because they use some Salesforce thing as a part of their site or similar), almost every unsubscribe link I get is now broken. I really wish there was some plug-in that would unroll those links to their final form since that’s usually fine but passes through 2-3 bukkshit redirects before it gets there.

I just send this kind of stuff to spam because I never subscribe to any mail newsletter.

Same. Do automatically opt-in newsletters really turn a profit?

I would think that for something like a newsletter, explicitly opting in would end up being more profitable, since if you’re sending an email with eg sendgrid it’s not free.

Can someone shed some light on the economics of newsletter spam?

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by ubercow13 »

jraph wrote: post #122
_jal wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just don't look at Reddit on mobile.

I can suggest https://libredd.it/ on desktop (probably works well on mobile too) and Slide [1] on Android. [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ccrama.redditslide/

Slide is great on iOS too.

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by slvng »

nofinator wrote: post #18
_tom_ wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google is way better at some classes of searches, still.

Agreed. But in those cases where I don't like DDG results, I like how I can add "!g" to the end of my search and it redirects the search to Google.

Doing this on mobile is really not fun, I wish it was a simple click in their results UI

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by pojntfx »

tshaddox wrote: post #36

The best thing about this is that AMP links totally break “open this page in the website’s native app” links, which I encounter frequently, presumably because the browser is on an AMP proxy domain and thus the iOS native app URL listener doesn’t work. It’s absolutely shocking that such a core flow is completely broken by default when you’re coming from Google search results. This app fixes this problem!

Sound more like a feature, not like an issue.

The internet must be more than two proprietary app stores.

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by drcongo »

ro_bit wrote: post #108
IgorPartola wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I block ads at the DNS level. Aside from 2-3 legitimate websites that broke as a result of this (because they use some Salesforce thing as a part of their site or similar), almost every unsubscribe link I get is now broken. I really wish there was some plug-in that would unroll those links to their final form since that’s usually fine but passes through 2-3 bukkshit redirects before it gets there.

I use http://wheregoes.com to manually follow any unsubscribe links that my hostfile blocks.

That's incredibly useful, thanks.

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by dheera »

tshaddox wrote: post #36

The best thing about this is that AMP links totally break “open this page in the website’s native app” links, which I encounter frequently, presumably because the browser is on an AMP proxy domain and thus the iOS native app URL listener doesn’t work. It’s absolutely shocking that such a core flow is completely broken by default when you’re coming from Google search results. This app fixes this problem!

Is AMP really that bad? It seems to circumvent a lot of paywalls for me and seems to just be a subset of HTML, roughly.

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by teddyh »

simonklitj wrote: post #14
_tom_ wrote: post #5

If I trusted an app that I expect has to look at every url I ever visit, $3 is a no-brained.

It’s open source. You can even build it yourself it you want to

It’s not open source, it lacks a license entirely. And, therefore, nobody is allowed to build it themselves.

Re: ‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

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Post by buro9 »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #38
tshaddox wrote: post #36

The best thing about this is that AMP links totally break “open this page in the website’s native app” links, which I encounter frequently, presumably because the browser is on an AMP proxy domain and thus the iOS native app URL listener doesn’t work. It’s absolutely shocking that such a core flow is completely broken by default when you’re coming from Google search results. This app fixes this problem!

I would happily pay for an Open Source adblocker-style extension that intentionally breaks "do you want to download and install our app instead of using a perfectly reasonable web browser that you're in control of" pop-ups. If I don't already have the app installed, there's a reason for that. (In general, an adblocker is one of the most valuable things I have installed. I wish EasyList had a subscription option; I'd…

> If I don't already have the app installed, there's a reason for that.

For about 5 years now I've been actively going back to web pages for things.

Example: I no longer have the BBC News app installed. Instead I have a bookmark on my mobile home screen that goes to the BBC News web page.

What I've found is:

1. Most apps didn't need to be apps, there's nothing that they need access to that their web equivalent cannot already do.

2. The web pages are easier to control... i.e. Firefox on Android and ad-blocking is a joy.

3. Most of the web pages get richer experiences sooner than an app (if it ever gets an update), i.e. minisites on news sites around elections.

4. The web experiences are considerably faster on poorer networks.

5. The DNS logs show a massive reduction in tracking frameworks... even though the web is bloated, apps appear to also be bloated, but the web you can more easily control.

6. Better battery life across the board, probably due to nothing running in the background and no notifications being processed - also improved mental health as the device is now on my terms, pulling content when I want rather than being pushed it when an app wants to.

It's overall a far better experience.

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