Why Anandtech, why?

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Usually browse AT on my phone. As of a month or two ago they added an ad bar that hovers on the bottom of the screen that disappears every time I scroll and re-appears when I stop. Has a little X in the corner. Most annoying type of ad ever.

tapatalk FTW
 

NFS4

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mmntech

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Tapatalk sucks ass. The desktop webpage is about 100x easier to read and navigate. Only thing easier in tapatalk is hitting the button to post something.

Plus you have to pay for the Tapatalk app, where the browser is free.
 

Crono

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Full version works best, but otherwise the unofficial mobile site works pretty well. Just text, but it's a good quick and low-bandwidth way to browse posts.

I used to use that version on my Blackberry Storm a few years ago, would load much quicker than full site. Nowadays I just use full browser on my One, but with the 1080p res I have to keep it zoomed in either in settings or manually pinch zoom in a lot. I might use the mobile version more now since it really just strips everything down to text.
 
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Yup started getting it on my iPhone and iPad the last week or so.m quite annoying when you try to close it out and half the time it just expands to a full screen ad.
 

dbk

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Full version works best, but otherwise the unofficial mobile site works pretty well. Just text, but it's a good quick and low-bandwidth way to browse posts.

I used to use that version on my Blackberry Storm a few years ago, would load much quicker than full site. Nowadays I just use full browser on my One, but with the 1080p res I have to keep it zoomed in either in settings or manually pinch zoom in a lot. I might use the mobile version more now since it really just strips everything down to text.

lol nice imma use that at work
 

Ichinisan

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My jailbroken iPhone 5 has AdBlock from Cydia. Saves mobile data usage and makes the mobile web a whole lot more friendly.
 

Ichinisan

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Just noticed that Tapatalk 2 costs more than Tapatalk. Is it worth the price difference?
 

Ichinisan

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Usually browse AT on my phone. As of a month or two ago they added an ad bar that hovers on the bottom of the screen that disappears every time I scroll and re-appears when I stop. Has a little X in the corner. Most annoying type of ad ever.

What happens if you tap the little "x" ?

Have you tried it?
 

bearxor

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Jul 8, 2001
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Yes the ads are very annoying. Especially in landscape in full screen mode. I have to exit full screen then close the ad then go back in to full screen mode.

No, I'm not going to use an app. No, I'm not using a different browser. No, I'm not installing Adblock. I'm all for sites trying to monetize, but the ad system is just annoying.