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iPhone How to stop sites from redirecting to App Store
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So happy someone brought this up. I've been experiencing the same thing and I definitely recall hearing/reading that this would be a feature of iOS 8. But it seems it's nowhere to be found in either public versions. Really wish this would be addressed, nothing is more annoying than being taken away from what you were doing and in to another app.
I have definitely received prompts for this a number of times in iOS 8.
However, I think Apple is trying to be clever with the warning dialog. I've gotten it several times on sites that try to redirect you to an app after a delay. However, I've been able to tap links that go to apps in the store without any prompting. I have a suspicion that Apple tries to detect where a redirect occurs as the result of a user action or not, and only prompts for the ones it thinks were not requested. This detection may not be entirely reliable, or sites may be implementing workarounds
However, I think Apple is trying to be clever with the warning dialog. I've gotten it several times on sites that try to redirect you to an app after a delay. However, I've been able to tap links that go to apps in the store without any prompting. I have a suspicion that Apple tries to detect where a redirect occurs as the result of a user action or not, and only prompts for the ones it thinks were not requested. This detection may not be entirely reliable, or sites may be implementing workarounds
Probably this. People doing stuff like this is why every once and a while we need to have a ruthless dictator running the place. To track down as$h*les like this, take them out and shoot them.