For context, I’m on an iPhone using Firefox. I can’t use uBlock Origin, but am ready to block on the DNS level after this.

      • TodaviaTyler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        8 months ago

        You can only save 20 recipes before you have to pay, but you can view as many as you like without saving them. Still, a very nice app IMO.

        • Adam Kempenich ✅ @lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          8 months ago

          If you’re using the app on a device, you can open links directly in it. So, if you have a bookmarks folder of recipes, you can just use your browser’s share button -> Open In -> Just the Recipe

          I’ll sound like an old man, but I miss the days of going to a website and not having to deal with the SEO junk.

    • sqw@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      theres also cooked.wiki. tack “cooked.wiki/“ onto the start of a recipe URL and it scrapes and reformats for you

    • Scroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      7·
      8 months ago

      What a sad state of affairs that such a site is even necessary. The internet was supposed to make finding information easier, not some increasingly kafkaesque tug of war.

      Thank you for posting that though. It should come in handy.

  • nfsu2@feddit.clEnglish
    80·
    8 months ago

    ah yes, a $1500 phone with software that won’t allow you to do shit under the flag of security and UI.

    • Syrc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Safari allows you to install adblockers, btw. Apple is overprotective but this isn’t really their fault.

      • nfsu2@feddit.clEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        If you are only concerned about blocking ads thats fine and good. But if your are concerned about privacy one should ditch apple devices altogether. Not to mention freedom.

          • nfsu2@feddit.clEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            How is it worse? If you use google apps it is obiously the same as using apple apps. But otherwise you can remove telemetry, use foss apps and if you are up to it patch a safey net fix to use banking apps.

              • nfsu2@feddit.clEnglish
                3·
                8 months ago

                A closed source OS of a company that has broken every anti-trust law, thats sells phones with no headphone jack or charger and calls it features and you tell me it does not sell data. Google and Apple are two of the same Monster. But you can not modify you Iphone whatsoever, Jailbreaking an Iphone is a pain in the ass, while in Android isnt a breeze either it is much easier. Android in it self (Android Open Source Project) kicks any iOS in the ass. The problem is that vendors put a thick layer of their version of android. If you get your hands on a phone that is compatible with Lineage Os (very close to (AOSP) you can escape Googles jail for good. And while agree with tou that Google’s Android is bad it ia certainly not any worse than iOS. Do not take my word for it, just ask any developer.

    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      8 months ago

      I DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR GRANDMOTHER IN FACT IM GLAD THE BITCH IS DEAD

      -Things I never thought would cross my mind because of a cookie recipe

      • Detective'@slrpnk.netEnglish
        19·
        8 months ago

        You can still block ads on a DNS level. Simply add, base.dns.mullvad.net as your primary DNS Server and that should do you a lot of good just there. I’m sure there are additional steps one could take as an iPhone user though.

      • oktoberpaard@feddit.nlEnglish
        9·
        8 months ago

        It is, though. Safari has native support for 3rd party adblockers, it’s just that many people don’t know. AdGuard is one of the good options. Safari is doing the actual blocking for the most part (the extension just hands over the filterlists), but nowadays some of the adblockers include an optional extension that applies some rules for complex ads that are not supported by the Apple API, such as on YouTube. As an end user you just have to install and enable the adblocker.

        Then there are also other browsers available with built-in adblockers. Admittedly those are all limited in some ways because they’re forced to use the same browser engine (outside of the EU), but they are very effective at blocking ads.

        • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          I’ve used AdBlock Plus or Brave Browser on iOS, is this better for security on a sketchy site I might accidentally encounter?

      • BorgDrone@lemmy.oneEnglish
        6·
        8 months ago

        How is that not easy? Just install an adblocker from the App Store, there are plenty of options.

      • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        8 months ago

        Magic Lasso. Ghostery. Both decent ad blockers for iOS.

        And if you’re using the built in web browser, there’s reader mode that gets rid of most of this crap.

      • kate@lemmy.uhhoh.comEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        I use AdGuard pro it makes a local VPN to block ads similar to blokada or dns66 on android

        • fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
          13·
          8 months ago

          Not real FF. iOS forces all mobile browsers to use safari under the hood, though that was just made illegal in the EU, so there’s changes coming.

        • GloriousGherkins@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          I’m using Firefox in the picture. Add-ons aren’t allowed on iOS though, otherwise I would have all of these blocked.

          • SKBo@lu.skbo.netEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            Orion allows you to install extensions. It works so-so, but that’s a first step.

        • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          I’ve used this for several months and just switched to Mullvad DNS. It blocked ads on pretty much everything. Between that, using a VPN, and uBlock on Firefox, my mobile browsing experience is pretty nice.

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
    31·
    8 months ago

    I legitimately thought this was satire

    Are things really this bad without an ad blocker these days?

    • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      8 months ago

      Yes. For a long time I was trying to “play nice” and not go adblock. I didn’t mind ads that were unobtrusive and figured I’d roll with the ads for the sake of the sites. With things looking like this, and deliberately having ads load a little late and relayout the page to replace a link just as you were about to click in it, and ones that slipped even the pretense and pop up and ad instead of the actual link or button the first time. I would tend to just close such sites in disgust, and told my Google feed to not give me contemt from a couple of the worst owners that recurred.

      The final straw was a site that made the play embedded video function be ads the first two times on clicking it, as well as looking like that. On top of just having to give up on sites more and more.

      I read that majority of Internet users now use ad blockers. That didn’t used to be the case, and the large chunk of sites like this I’m sure is why.

  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zoneEnglish
    24·
    8 months ago

    Edit: this is what it looks like with adblocker on. iPad mini 5 with LockDown app, and raspberry pi running pihole.

    If ads annoy you as much as they annoy me, get an adblocker. But if there are sites that you use regularly, and block ads on, you might consider contributing to their patreon or whatever.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      13·
      8 months ago

      Firefox has a reader mode built in. Works in mobile too. I assume it’s very similar to this, it just cuts out an extra step.

  • elrik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    8 months ago

    I use an app called Recipe Keeper. It’s amazing because I just share the page to the app, it extracts the recipe without any nonsense, and now I have a copy for later if I want to reuse it. I literally never bother scrolling recipe pages because of how terrible they all are, and I decide in the app if the recipe is one I want to keep.

    It also bypasses paywalls and registration requirements for many sites because the recipe data is still on the page for crawlers even if it’s not rendered for a normal visitor.

    • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, that’s fine, but at some point we need to start talking about alternative methods of monetization for websites. On the one hand, compiling a list of recipies on a website and maintaining that website is not easy or cheap and the owners should be able to make money out of it. On the other hand, the user should be able to pay for this comfortably and have a nice experience on the website.

      This ad model doesn’t serve any of the two, business or consumer.

        • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          Yes, but paid content is not the norm and the reason for that is that blatant advertising and shoving malaware down people’s throats on grandma’s recipe website is not only legal, it’s a predictable business model.

      • elrik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Sure, I agree.

        Unfortunately, no such solution currently exists or has been widely adopted.

    • AlphaOmega@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      My recipe box is another app that does the same thing. I haven’t looked at a recipe website in ages

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zipEnglish
    16·
    8 months ago

    This is actually one of the biggest reasons why I prefer Android over iOS. In the case where I am forced to use iOS, I use Brave because it comes with an adblocker. Not perfect, but it’s the best of a crappy situation.