Article 1ZX9F Twitter tests new ad-blocking Reader mode on mobile

Twitter tests new ad-blocking Reader mode on mobile

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#1ZX9F)

Reader mode is a Safari feature, which strips out most of the formatting from a webpage, removing adverts, navigation links and comments

Twitter is testing a new feature on its iOS app which turns on Apple's "Reader" mode by default on every link opened in its in-app browser.

First introduced in 2010, and ported to iOS in 2011, Reader mode is a oft-forgotten feature in Safari that strips out most of the formatting from a webpage, removing adverts, navigation links, comments, and almost everything else except for the main content of a text-based article.

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