No, they’re not missing the point. We all agree that mobile should have readability, it’s just that the reality is we have no way to enforce it. Also, Firefox extensions like “Automatic Reader View” allow you to whitelist websites and force Firefox Reader view by default, as an attempt to create a plage more like what you are looking for without needing top down force that it would require to fix the issue (we all know chrome won’t do it)
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think all the people who are recommending things like Firefox plus uBlock are missing the point. Mobile internet shouldn’t require that to be readable. It’s bad design and it should be discouraged. If you want advertising on your site, fine, but don’t make it so obtrusive that it makes the site literally unreadable.
optissima@possumpat.io 1 year ago
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You’re right, but we can’t realistically affect web designers directly. We can only control our devices, so we should focus our energy there first.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
To be fair, it’s not the web developers doing this… It’s the people they work for.