Twitter tests new ad-blocking Reader mode on mobile
by 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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