You’ve probably experienced visiting a website like Reddit or LinkedIn on your iPhone only to get an annoying near-full-screen popup asking you to view the content in their app instead of the website.
It’s common practice for websites that have iOS apps to accompany users to open (if they already have the app installed) or download their app from the App Store to view the content they’re trying to view. However, it can be very annoying for end users as these pop-ups are usually quite intrusive to the actual content, creating an inferior experience.
Fortunately, there’s a new way to block these pop-ups in Safari on iPhone and iPad. Developer Alex Zamoshchin has created a new Safari extension called “Banish” (via Daring Fireball) that runs on iOS and iPadOS and is specifically designed to get rid of these pop-ups. The app, which costs $2, helps remove most of these pop-ups in popular web versions of apps, but doesn’t remove the similar banners that appear at the top of Safari to recommend opening the current page in a site installed application
The banner at the top of Safari is built into Safari and WebKit, so to get rid of them, you’ll need to uninstall the corresponding app from your device. Banish, on the other hand, removes pop-ups implemented on the websites themselves.
To use Banish, download it from the App Store and follow the onscreen instructions to give the app the necessary permission in Settings, Safari, and Extensions. You can learn more about Banish here.
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