I just swiped accidentally from the top of the screen and uncovered an off-screen ad in Voyager. What is this and is this disclosed anywhere?

Edit: Why is this post being downvoted? This is a legitimate bug/issue. What an unwelcoming community…

  • Z4rK@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think it’s the case here, I think this is just some PWA bug, but you could in theory get paid for showing the ad without the hassle of users complaining about being shown the ad.

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      1 year ago

      If this was that simple then every website would be doing the same thing and we wouldn’t be bothered by ads at all.

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        1 year ago

        Most websites can track when the ad is displayed. Maybe this uses some PWA glitch to count these as viewed when they’re actually off-screen.

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          1 year ago

          Nah, there is no ad on Voyager. Absolutely none.

          I think you’re taking about this bug. The dev has already replied on that post.