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I'm sure many of you mobile users have been experiencing this same disheartening bug while attempting to use this site on your mobile device.  I'm just wondering if this is a coding problem, or a more intentionally insidious mechanism intended to generate clicks.  Either way I do hope someone is looking into it.  Certainly I'm providing this site enough random clicks because of wonky page loads as I attempt to scroll down the page, but just watching my phone autodirect itself without any input from me as the page loads is scary, obtrusive, and at the least, very annoying.

Perhaps even illegal?



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I used to deal with them on my phone but once it began tossing me to the AppStore, that's where I drew the line.



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Euphoria14 said:

The beauty of Adblock. Requires a jailbreak.

I used to deal with them on my phone but once it began tossing me to the AppStore, that's where I drew the line.


I'm definitely not jailbreaking my iPhone6.  I don't have this problem anywhere else on the internet.  Just this site.



I've been having this issue for way too long. I've honestly wanted to fucking break my phone because of the amount of ads on the mobile site. So actually just this morning, I downloaded a free Adblock app. I want to support this site, but it was literally impossible to even browse the site on my phone.



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super_etecoon said:
Euphoria14 said:

The beauty of Adblock. Requires a jailbreak.

I used to deal with them on my phone but once it began tossing me to the AppStore, that's where I drew the line.


I'm definitely not jailbreaking my iPhone6.  I don't have this problem anywhere else on the internet.  Just this site.

Why not? I jailbroke my iPhone 6 and it look no more 5 minutes. It's incredibly easy and easily reversible.

Your other option is to not come here then because it won't get better. Never has.



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This site has never been a problem for me on my mobile, I've got an Xperia Z1. Maybe it's an iOS thing?



Just ioi's way to prepare you guys for the future



 

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NiKKoM said:
Just ioi's way to prepare you guys for the future

The future is in the future, not now. We don't want preperation. :(



oodles2do said:
This site has never been a problem for me on my mobile, I've got an Xperia Z1. Maybe it's an iOS thing?

Considering it's redirecting me to my AppStore, I'm sure you're right.  It's an exploit taking advantage of the Apple framework, and it's not cool.  The fact that it doesn't even get addressed is what concerns me the most.  At least someone on the coding side of things to step in and say, "Hey guys...sorry about that.  We're up to our ears with an update and that's on our list," would be cool.  The lack of concern just makes it seem more malicious in intent.  And I do mean seem...I can't imagine that this is being done intentionally.



It actually could be one of ioi's own apps... He did that before



 

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