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The culprit often is "Tapatalk", a forum app that pops up a notification on every iOS device for a lot of forums.
Tapatalk is still completely opt-in though. Those forums have to include Tapatalk software within their own.
I avoid this problem by instantly boycotting any site that does this. They clearly have absolutely no interest in serving me content or helping me do what I want to do, and there is always an alternative.
I avoid this problem by instantly boycotting any site that does this. They clearly have absolutely no interest in serving me content or helping me do what I want to do, and there is always an alternative.
There is really no alternative to Linked In - there is other software that does the same thing but since no one in my network uses it, that would be worthless to me.
So, this concept of installing a new browser every time I visit an unfamiliar site, really is ridiculous.
This is almost as bad as "here's a mobile version of our site, opened automatically for your convenience".
If your site is designed peoperly, my iOS device can browse your "full" site just fine, thank you.
I avoid this problem by instantly boycotting any site that does this. They clearly have absolutely no interest in serving me content or helping me do what I want to do, and there is always an alternative.
They clearly have absolutely no interest in serving me content or helping me do what I want to do
... coming from the site owner side of things, I'll offer a friendly counter argument (which has been rephrased in light of down votes): site owners are interested in serving you content, or helping you do what you want to do ... just in a better way.
I agree ads or prompts can be annoying, but to say site owners go through the trouble of developing a mobile app and advertising it b/c they have no interest in serving content or helping the user experience doesn't quite fit. To me, a site that offers a mobile app says the exact opposite.
Worst part is, most of these apps are essentially browsers. There is no additional content or interesting extra functionality being offered... just same old content, only formatted differently. So, this concept of installing a new browser every time I visit an unfamiliar site, really is ridiculous. This is almost as bad as "here's a mobile version of our site, opened automatically for your convenience". If your site…
I avoid this problem by instantly boycotting any site that does this. They clearly have absolutely no interest in serving me content or helping me do what I want to do, and there is always an alternative.
But yeah, they're in 1% of the world where app is more useful than the site.