It's a problem that Apple (and I guess Google) can't handle things correctly and not force you somewhere just because and ad says so. Think of pop-ups, they have to do with the page or an ad too, but who wouldn't blame a browser creator for not including a pop-up blocker these days.
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Web ads re-directing you to an app on the App Store
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It's not up to Apple to prevent sites that have these ads from redirecting you to the App Store. I've had apps on both my iPhone/iPad/android device redirect me to the App Store. I quit using those apps on my phone. That is how you say no to this type of garbage. The iPad version of one of these apps does not have ads so I never had this problem. Direct your blame at the sites/apps serving up those ads that do this. Refuse to use the app/website.
And by that logic it's not up to browsers to prevent pop-up ads, yet every single one has that built into it since a long time ago and no browser would dare to come out without that functionality being available.
Safari on iOS blocks popups. This isn't a popup problem, it's an ad on the page or app running a script that redirects to the App Store.
Clearly it's not a pop-up problem, but it's pretty much the same in nature--an ad that takes you away from the page you are on by itself...pretty much just like a pop-up is generally an ad that takes you away from the page on its own. So in the case of pop-ups it's expected to have the ability to avoid them pretty much in any browser, and even Mobile Safari offers that, yet in case of an automatic redirect to another app (be it the App Store or whatever) that's somehow different enough that we wouldn't want the browser to give us a very similar option to allow it to block such a redirect?
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iAds can't redirect you without you pressing an action... also I don't think iAds can be used with websites. You might be confusing it with the google ads.
This particular scheme invokes a specific protocol, itunes, in the same manner that schemes like http, http and FTP do. You might like to also note that 'URIs have a global scope and are interpreted consistently'. Whilst a gadget that I invent can interpret the 'itunes' portion of a URI, it has no capability of using the itunes protocol itself. Foisting resources like MySecretMilitaryProtocol://toughluckgettingthismate on the internet is against the spirit of the web. Likewise for the proprietary itunes protocol.
Apple is not annoying it's customers, however the apps you use and websites you got to is completely up to you. So if you decide to use a spam/ad riddled app or website. I don't really think that's apple fault.
I've had this happen on occasion to me but not us much as to say it really annoys me. It's no different from popups in your browser or advertisements that completely block your webpage. These are generally moneywolf websites anyway and the content is barely worth it. Try going for more quality rated apps and be little supportive towards developers. This is not one of the things Apple should be policing.
What?? yeah. That's solid logic, it's not Microsoft's or Google's responsibility to block you from popups with their browsers. Those features are just built in for your convenience. That's why the option to turn your popup blocker off is there.
Like someone said earlier this is a completely different story, you're responsible for the content you consume, if you experience something unpleasant. Stop using it. There's a catch to using alot of apps/websites for free, these are developers solutions to make a buck, without you having to pay a dime. Nobody is forcing you to use those apps/webpages. Deverlopers can only "abuse" this if you let them.
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You just made the point of the feaute being built in for your convenience despite them not having to. Although no same person would use a browser without a pop-up blocker these days, so even though it's for convenience essentially any decent browser manufacturer wouldn't be caught not providing that option. This really isn't any different in that respect.
It's silly to ignore the obvious similarity and argue the opposite. Would anyone even dare someone to stop using some plain regular site that has pop-up ads just because of that, or just tell them to make sure the pop-up blocker is enabled. It's plain illogical to say stop using the content that you want or need because some ads in rotation there are doing something that the browser can easily control.
And as a consumer it's even sillier to argue against your own interests, since clearly no rsational consumer would want to be redirected somewhere else without their permission and would not want to have the ability to at least control that.
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It's also likely that the app developer and or website owner does not known that the ads they are serving up are redirecting people since it is the ads that are doing it and not the website you are visiting and or app you are using.
People can try and inform the app developer and website owners that this is happening. Of course they'll say it's not in their hands to control which it isn't but they can control what ads that are being served.
I used to use google ads on a few websites I ran and there was the ability to control ads up to a point. Most of these ads that redirect are for stupid games like candy crush and clash of titans though I noticed a few others do it as well.
It took a while, but at least the fix is finally going to be there, and hopefully will be working properly (without leaving some other bypass in place that could be exploited).