Went to browse imgur today in my browser, and this pop-up appears when trying to swipe past the first post. There is no way around it that I can see. Looks like the only way to access content is now via the app.

So I guess in not using it anymore.. (Also, ironic first post).

Huh. Weird. I get it on both Firefox and the native android browser.

I'm in Aus, I wonder if it's regional?

Check out Pixelfed as a federated alternative. It’s similar to Imgur or Instagram

When Reddit started doing this, the workaround was to clear out your Reddit cookies. They apparently keep track of how often you visit, and once you hit a certain threshold a banner appears. Maybe that will work for Imgur too.

Nope. Cleared all my imgur related cookies, still happening.

Imgur has been awful for so long now

Very aware, I have 2 accounts :)

Unfortunately it doesn't have the content that I'm looking for (meme dumps, politics news).

It's happening on two separate browsers, I don't see why a fork of one of then would help?

I have uBlock Origin already installed. And on android.

Request Desktop Website, or whatever the option is called in your browser.

Speaking of, could OP try Origin's zapper to remove the popup while continuing to navigate the site?

It's worked for me on some sites.

Lemmy is becoming more like Reddit by the day. You should be happy when an app gets worse or gives you a chance to leave. It allows you to think about why you were using it at all in the first place.

Be the shitpost you want to see in the world

Ditch it.

Trying to force everyone to use their data scraper instead of a perfectly fine browser is a shithead move and you don't need that kind of loser company in your life.

It doesn't show the pop-up, works like normal. To be expected I guess, since the app isn't for desktops. But it's also not super usable on a phone. But yeah, it's a work-around, I guess.

Bro actually got an infinite amount of tabs

My old ass just thinks of imgur as the site we used to have to use to host photos you wanted to share on forums.

I dont think I've ever visited it to just browse photos for fun.

Imgur died when they deleted all the porn.

Working fine for me too. Seems to be a case of c/fuckyouinparticular

I did a few times, it felt strange like wandering around the back rooms at the mall or something like that

It’s purpose was literally for hosting hotlinked photos on sites that didn’t provide an upload; namely Reddit at the time

They recently started geo fencing some of their images as well. This company is just all around awful.

Amusingly, at some point there was a user base in that site that would criticize people who posted random images that got shared out on other sites. You could randomly find hate comments on your posts if you used it without adding any context

I uploaded images of my Neopets for my Xanga to Photobucket.

How bizarre.

Can't even use it in the uk. Makes some posts here on lemmy unviewable

I used to like, 10-15 years ago. It wasn't amazing, but it filled that role of a place to doom scroll. Then they forced all this crap into the site to make it more "social" completely ruining whatever little bit of good the site had.

It's a shame because I do kinda miss it sometimes. It was like browsing r/all but with several times the content. Having no separate subreddits/communities meant you could see such a massive variety of content that not even reddit at it's peak could quite match.

Might also be a partial rollout to check reception and / or technical issues. I personally try to avoid any site that does this

It's just part of cycle. It seems like they either evolve into some kind of shitty funnyjunk-like community of shitposting and content theft or they just run out of funding and go defunct.

Oh, I recall. At the time there was an option of posting as "public" (which would appear on the Imgur feed) and "private" (which just gives you a link to use for other sites), and people would post all kinds of things to "public", including passport photos and personal stuff.

And users instantly downvoted selfies, too, which was nice. Political stuff got tiring, but then there were sea slugs to cleanse that.

there's another extension called BehindTheOverlay that works well for things like this

Just thought to check on my partner's phone - different os, different service provider, same problem.

It could still be geofencing, we're both in Australia..

I go for the meme dumps. Also the politics is surprisingly extremely progressive.

More than 99. They just get dumped out of memory, so there's not really a down side.. I clean then up when I can be bothered.

BehindTheOverlay

Thanks! But I tried it, and it gets rid of the modal, but doesn't reenable swiping, so the site is still effectively useless

You tried the option for desktop site, of course?

Edit: Nevermind saw this in a comment below and your reply

Wow, I’m sure no child will ever come to harm ever in the UK now. Very safe!