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Instagram does something similar if it detects that you are on mobile. A huge banner advertising their app is displayed, and the [x] in the top right corner is almost impossible to hit.

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Player.fm has the worst of those I’ve seen, I can hit collapse HN thread reliably but their comparatively huge x takes 3-4 attempts on mobile.

I loathe it so much I stopped using it entirely and just book marked my favourite podcasts like a filthy savage.

Better than yelp (and some other sites I'm sure) which literally demand you install the app, ie provide little to no functionality on mobile web.

Facebook Messenger is the worst for this if you try and use the mobile site (which is otherwise quite capable).

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