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iOS app ads is too sensitive

353 36 December 15, 2025 at 01:01 AM
Ever since the redesign I've triggered the ads many times just by normally scrolling up/down.

This has never happened in the old design.
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slick0nline
12-19-2025 at 05:52 PM.
12-19-2025 at 05:52 PM.
I have complaining about this issues for a long time, maybe over a year or 2. But I am very suspicious that it is intentional put on by the app programmer to generate phantom clicks so they can earn $ from ads clicks. If my suspicion is correct eventually some advertisers will notice and this could be a legal issues if SD don't stop this practice. Just my suspicion opinion.
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jimsgrandma
12-23-2025 at 05:59 AM.
12-23-2025 at 05:59 AM.
Quote from slick0nline View quoted comment :
I have complaining about this issues for a long time, maybe over a year or 2. But I am very suspicious that it is intentional put on by the app programmer to generate phantom clicks so they can earn $ from ads clicks. If my suspicion is correct eventually some advertisers will notice and this could be a legal issues if SD don't stop this practice. Just my suspicion opinion.
I'm an app developer myself and the lack of response here is very telling. There is no way their CTR doubled over whatever time period this happened, and the devs were like our ads just suddenly became doubly better overnight.
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RogerP5065
01-09-2026 at 06:05 AM.
01-09-2026 at 06:05 AM.
Also a new issue for me. Will be scrolling and an ad will open without clicking. Will have to stop using on my phone until this is fixed.
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MysteryManMu
01-25-2026 at 05:01 AM.
01-25-2026 at 05:01 AM.
The fact that for me at least this issue comes and goes makes me also believe it is intentional. It is super annoying and am about to just use the browser instead where I don't see any ads anyway
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MysteryManMu
10-27-2026 at 08:22 AM.
10-27-2026 at 08:22 AM.
This is happening again annoyingly
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emceep | Staff
10-27-2026 at 01:40 PM.
10-27-2026 at 01:40 PM.
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This is happening again annoyingly
The next time this happens, can you grab a screenshot of the ad or send a description so that the ad team can try to track it down and block it from showing up in the future?
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MysteryManMu
10-27-2026 at 04:06 PM.
10-27-2026 at 04:06 PM.
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The next time this happens, can you grab a screenshot of the ad or send a description so that the ad team can try to track it down and block it from showing up in the future?
It's an abc news ad, I can't post the pic here
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Yesterday at 09:16 PM.
Yesterday at 09:16 PM.
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It's an abc news ad, I can't post the pic here
Thank you, the team will be on the lookout for that ad.
Please feel free to send any screenshots to [email protected]
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