‎Amplosion: Redirect AMP Links on the App Store

Post by achairapart » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 9:17 AM UTC

ro_bit wrote: post #108

IgorPartola wrote: post #70

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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.

Post by hyproxia » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 9:42 AM UTC

SSLy wrote: post #132

>Respectfully, I think this fits the colloquial definition of open source that your average person (myself included) views as open source and would recognize, and I'm more than happy with that. Fuck your "colloquial definition"

Post by the_gipsy » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 10:43 AM UTC

buro9 wrote: post #130

JoshTriplett wrote: post #38

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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…

Post by asutekku » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 11:35 AM UTC

dheera wrote: post #128

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.

Post by kroltan » Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:38 PM UTC

void_mint wrote: post #57

gregman wrote: post #49

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I think you are describing DDG.

DDG, but actually returning search results.