Pop ups "force open" App Store

I was able to stop the app store redirects by simply turning off Javascript.

I don' have any solutions, but am glad its not some kind of virus or something on my iPhone. Today I started getting that pop-up on the Facebook app and completely freaked out. I don't really want to block the App Store on my phone, and I have my Facebook settings as secure as they allow 😁 but I do not like this at all.

The mercury browser has adblock on it. It's worked wonders for me, I don't have that god awful app store pop up anymore.

Apple should be chastised for letting this go on for so long, and worsen. Maybe if the media writes an article about it they'll finally do something. I have an android phone (work) and an iphone 6 (personal). I am in the habit of using my android phone instead of my iphone for applications with this issue.

The workarounds all of various annoyances with them. I've settled on using Mercury Browser as a fix for web browsing, though I prefer Chrome.

I agree on this. The only feasible way I see to block if while taking advantage of Safari's features ( icloud sync, 1password, and other extensions ) is to disable access to the iTunes store in the restrictions settings. Someone at Apple thought this was an acceptable solution. I disagree.

JJust updated to just updated to iOS 8.2 and no change. I am now using the UC Browser and have not had the pop-up to the App Store issue.

You could try a popup blocker, I use this:

Adblock Mobile — Protect your phone from annoying ads. Best ad blocker to block advertisements on your iPhone and iPad. by Jennifer Hernandez

https://appsto.re/gb/2uU02.i

I agree on this. The only feasible way I see to block if while taking advantage of Safari's features ( icloud sync, 1password, and other extensions ) is to disable access to the iTunes store in the restrictions settings. Someone at Apple thought this was an acceptaok. I disagree.

SPAM!

How can it be spam if this app is on the Apple app store?

Answering the OP with a solution how is that spam also?

I've seen hundreds of posts here with links to apps on the APPLE app store.

IT worked!!! Thanks a bunch!

We all need to send feedback to Apple on this. The more ******** they hear form us the more they will pay attention.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/safari.html

Here is what I wrote, please copy if you'd like:

"Safari on iOS has a problem when it goes to sites with iTunes/App Store popups. The popups interrupt the use of the browser, throwing the user out into the store to download some crap app we didn't want in the first place.

The website becomes un-browsable, because all it keeps doing is redirecting over and over, which switches the app you are currently using. We are being forced to use 3rd party browsers to stop this from happening.

Please, add in the ability to block iTunes/App Store redirect popups in Mobile Safari."

SUBMIT FEEDBACK EVERYONE!

I had a big problem when this was happening to me with the ads in the free iOS apps, mainly because it was Apple's ad service. I agree that not only Apple but even all other browsers need to do something even on computers. The new style popups are making it past the pop up blockers built into the browsers and they need to be updated. However if I frequent a web page on my iOS device that has an ad that pops me into the app store I will first send the web site's developers the first note as to how annoying this is and if it continues they will lose me and probably many others as a frequent visitor. They may not know the advertising service they are using is using these bad techniques which are annoying their visitors. If the behaviour continues, I leave, I don't need these annoyances. Then I will send Apple Feedback to remind them this type of behaviour needs to be blocked.

I switched to Chrome and I have not had the same issue.

I Absolutely hate hate hate this and everybody should know about it. I just wonder what the advertisers are thinking. Yeah, I'm like the most loyal and interested customer when I get some stupid app thrown in my face. ***?