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DinoKebab
BBC & Sky News don't do this.
wuzzyvear
Deliciously random.
dragonthc
true true. I hate when a web page loads, you scroll down to the content and it re-streams the whole thing just to load an ad.
KnowerOfNothing
And that's why @TheDailyUpvote is great.
RM641a
AceVan
FP repost
westo48
Holy shitbutts
HadesL
Also missing the part where you try to find a part of the website but it isn't accessible so you have to open the desktop site anyway
Thorudon
God, I used to have a GPS that would pull this shit, because blocking the screen of a driving assist app just seems all sorts of ingenious.
thelostg
It is annoying.
JDKY
Try Reuters, it's been my favorite and most reliable news source.
Brocktooon
If you subscribe to the news site, the ads go away. Otherwise you're getting free content and being a whiny cunt about it.
simplefishy
You missed the bit where scrolling down opens the app store on some shitty game.
5knotcans
Is there an Adblock that works on iPhones that anyone could recommend?
ReadOnlyMemories
I think 1Blocker is popular if you can't get uBlock Origin working with firefox browser or so
ChrisRufus76
I love it when you start reading the article then it jumps to a full screen advert, then keeps loading in more ads between every paragraph
Ryykur
HOLY SHITBUTTS!
GoodEyeSniper1
I feel like there's a happier medium between "journalists don't get paid" and "consumers don't get viruses" than that...
matti900
I want a free iPhone 8
forelle
The fun thing is: you can literally just display a raw HTML-file without styling and it might turn out more usable than many things today's¹
forelle
webdesigners try to do with extensive use of jquery libraries, webfonts and liquid layouts. Oh and raw HTML sites load way faster usually. ²
RD84
Making you pay for news too. Fuck that. That's bullshit.
s6644
Go get it yourself then.
WhileYouWereReadingThisLongNameIstoleYourCookies
I kinda want to see Katy Perry digesting zoo animals now..
inasexualway
mistaopportunity
Instead of moving the navigation and the content over, they put the logo and the sidebar in because thats what they have room for.
Dramacian
Choose wisely your news sites. And you can use advertisement blocking apps.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
i detest that i have to root my phone to block ads. one more reason to not install apps, i guess (browser plugins work fine without rooting)
Dramacian
Root your phone ? If iphone > adblock has an app that does more or less the job. Android ? Come on, it is sandbox. Nokia 2100? My bad.
KAPTAINKAMIKAZEE
Get the bbc app. They did it properly
DefinetlyNotARussianSpy
The Guardian is also recommended
AwhatNwhatAwhatMwhatE
AP is good too
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Or the Huffington Post, their app is really good as well. And customisable. AND you can download it for when you don't want to use data.
imgurfacepalm
But their content is shit, so no.
dootdootfloop
The didint cover up their staff abusing kids too well though did they ?
hobojones85
If only there was a universal medium to transmit content instead if needing to download an app that allowed you to browse the web.
xMOISEx
Thanks for this.... I have been looking for something that isn't click bait within click bait.
Relykwastaken
This is true. It's the only news app I use, and I'm not even british
dwude
I read bbc as big black c*ck, i need to go to sleep :((
SmokeyQuartz
Wanted to post the gif of the drugged up girl going "BBC! BBC!" then realized I didn't want to image search for "big black cock gif"
19wesley88
Or get some bbc in you, your choice which one lol
LtKamikaze
Yes, my Kaptain!
KAPTAINKAMIKAZEE
LtKamikaze
repurposedschleem
Well that's because the BBC are funded by TV licence, not adverts
HolyShitZoom
No. They get money from TV licence fees but they get fuck tons from advertising too.
Selerox
Fuck *anyone* who tries to mess with the BBC. It's one of the few things we have left to be proud of in the UK.
glorian989
Lol
RandomActOfConfusion
There are ads on the app though. They are not annoying, which I think is an achievement!
PRETTYOFFICER117
"here's your Bank of America Card summer lawncare tip"
PRETTYOFFICER117
"hundreds dead in aleppo, running out of food"
BeesechurgerProductions
Finally, puplicly-funded services paid off! +1 for Communism!
BeesechurgerProductions
*publicly, how the hell did that happen
RaekinTheBored
Your 'b' fell down. Nothing to worry about if this is the first time. If further issues arise, consult an expert.
ReverendAurora
Ha! The TV licence is mandatory unless you can prove you don't have a TV, the BBC programming is getting shitter, the money paid to them
BrayerIncognito
Only mandatory if you watch live TV as it's broadcast or use iPlayer. If you just game, watch Netflix and Blu-ray/DVD's then you're fine.
ReverendAurora
is going to the same places as it would if they were an ad based TV company (the bosses). The only reason the BBC app has no ideas
ReverendAurora
*ads not ideas, is because they are not allowed ads. They would if they could.
romanaclef
True. But often the revenue from advertising is the only income stream they're getting. Journalists like eating and living indoors too.
BillHaleyandHisBANNEDComments2
never met a journalist i gave a shit about, come to think of it, i never met a journalist.
ivikk
They can still have ads, but they could place them in less annoying places.
plzwhateverisokforme
Reading the answer you received make me realize how shitty some people are. That culture of "free content" is terrible.
ZeRootOfAllEvil
So get a better income stream, consumers don't exist to justify bad financial arrangements.
Dramacian
Only income... because news networks do not belong to any billionaire or shareholders. What country are you living in ? (real question)
imgurfacepalm
Do you know literally anything about how the world works?
Dramacian
Yes i do. Do you.
s6644
I don't think you understand how a business works.
Dramacian
I know how news networks works their goal and how to manage them. Do you ?
Yirr
But the billionares and shareholders own them to make money not throw it away. If they aren't making money all the journalist are unemployed
Dramacian
Not really. They don't make money out of it, they avoid taxes. When you have a successful company, having another losing money can >
SenatorFrankUnderwear
They own them to buy the credibility of mainstream media to leverage as PR for whatever they want to push. Journalism is a side project.
Yirr
That's certainly probably true!
SenatorFrankUnderwear
2/ Advertising revenue, being 'first', partisanship, ideologue editors/owners, special interest groups, hidden conflicts of interest....
SenatorFrankUnderwear
That's why this Fake News thing is such a cluster fuck. There's so many factors and it's not just alt media putting it out.
quickhand
As a journalist, you're all going to miss us when we're gone.
ThisNameIsMaybeTaken
Like during the election.
VulcanP90
You're already gone, try coming back.
parksAndRings
You guys were pretty shit during the election, I think it's time to clean house and get a fresh crop.
plzwhateverisokforme
How do you stupid fuck came to the conclusion he was working on the election or even the US.
quickhand
Serious question: What is your main complaint about U.S. election coverage?
parksAndRings
The echo chambers that were created and the absolute impossibility they claimed for a trump win.
quickhand
Journalists relied on polling, which used to be accurate. Polling seems to have fallen on its face in the internet era. 1/2
quickhand
They didn't claim impossibility. Eg. 538.com said 28.6% Trump win. NYT, 15% Trump. Maybe in 3 out of 4 alternate universes Clinton won. 3/2
quickhand
Based on the available information, a Clinton win was a far safer bet. It was a highly atypical election, and most journos got it wrong 2/2