
So we'll create an extension to block these intrusive popups! It's a pretty dark design pattern designed to move people to the app, for seemingly no benefit to the user.

Some people don't like using the app at all. If I found a Reddit thread or subreddit through a Google search, I probably don't want to open the app. Sometimes you can "Continue in Safari" but other times, the prompts are completely blocking, like this: One annoyance I hit a lot when I'm browsing on my iPhone is the Reddit "Open in App" prompts. In this article, I'll take you through the process of building one of these extensions! If you're just interested in checking out the extension, here is the code, and here it is on the App Store.

This update lets us build full-fledged extensions for iOS users, including JS/CSS injection, full user-interfaces written in web languages, and more. IOS 15 revamps the extension system built into iOS and iPad OS.
