App Store/SPAM redirects

[Brien]

Anyone still seeing this in iOS 8? I thought Safari was supposed to block this as a new feature in the new OS.

I didn't see anything to turn it on/off in Settings either.

 

[Stuke00]

Anyone still seeing this in iOS 8? I thought Safari was supposed to block this as a new feature in the new OS.

I didn't see anything to turn it on/off in Settings either.

I thought it was supposed to be blocked too. Yes I still get it.

 

[talibunny]

yea, I'm still getting those nasty redirects even with iOS 8.0.2!
anyone any idea how to disable them?

 

[Stankonia]

Still getting them also. This was one of the fixes I was looking forward to most since several of the forums I visit frequently have ads that redirect to the app store.

 

[eelw]

Hmm, I never thought about this. The one site that it happens for me pre iOS 8, hasn't redirected a single time since I installed the GM and now 8.0.2 update.

 

[daijholt]

I still get it too. Extremely irritating. They definitely stopped it from happening in the beta, and they've definitely removed that feature in the public release.

Maybe in 8.1?

 

[Simplicated]

Just got a redirect on my iPad. I suspect that either Apple removed this feature, or spammers have found ways to circumvent the block.

 

[C DM]

Just when it seemed that Apple was finally doing something about this, it turns out that for some reason nothing is actually being done (or it's just not working). Disappointing.

 

[jebbe]

Yep, I was thoroughly excited when I heard this news. There's a website I visit often and their mobile version is basically just non-stop transferring me to the appstore trying to make me download some ****** Freemium game.

 

[blugel]

I also was looking forward to this feature....although I'm unsure if it's been implemented and just already circumvented or just dropped altogether...

Either way, very, very irritating!

 

[macduke]

They probably figured out a way to use a script to trick whatever method Apple is using to block it. Maybe a quick series of multiple redirects? I've noticed it less, but yeah it does occasionally happen. I just stopped visiting sites that spam like that. Not worth the trouble. Some of them are really bad every time you click on a story it will take you out to some ridiculous IAP freemium crime against humanity candy crush ripoff. I hardly play any games on my iPhone any more because it's so hard to cut through all the crap and find some good games. But that's a rant for another thread.