Amazon Ad's

Still happening this morning - is there any update @DawnMumsnet?

I've just updated to iOS 17.6.1 and the problem is worse. Now I'm getting the click anywhere near the Amazon and it launches problem. The lightest of brushes - like starting to use the side rail - and it launches. Argh!

Same. Very annoying !!!

I'm glad to see this has been raised as an issue. It has been irritating me. Using iPhone on the app. No Amazon ads on this thread though strangely.

Just had the ad pop up as I was browsing. I tried using the sidebar and could scroll past the ad without it launching Amazon. However this really isn't a good workaround as I'm not using the sidebar usually, it's too fiddly. Also, it's on the right of the screen so presumably no use for lefties.

So there is, a side rail! How many years have I been using this app!?!?!

I've found the siderail in the app (little grey bar on the right hand side), however it only appears after you've started scrolling, and to use it you have to keep holding it. It's a remarkably inefficient way to scroll compared to being able to use everywhere else on the screen. But I'll give it a go the next time the advert appears.

Using the app.

There is no side rail on the app.

IPhone SE2020
iOS 17.5.1

I'm not sure what you mean by side rail, does the iOS app have one? Here is what it looks like on my iPhone and basically touching anywhere within that grey box that says advertisement it opens Amazon in safari.

Is this linked to the issue of the page constantly refreshing when it loads ads (not just the Amazon one)? If not I’ll butt out and terminate the attempted derail

It's getting worse. I'm on an iPhone, on the app. I'm in the middle of a thread, in the middle of someone's post, I scroll down, I'm into Amazon. It doesn't matter where I touch, in the middle of the screen or the side to scroll down, I've tried all sorts of things, it still takes me there. It's so over sensitive. 4 or 5 times per thread. It's really bad.

Using the app

I use Apple iPhone 15 Max, IOS 17.6.1

I have this issue too. Maddening. Needs only the slightest touch while scrolling

It just happened to me when scrolling past your message, which is nowhere near the Amazon ad! At least 3 posts below the ad. Been bugging me for ages and I hate Amazon at the best of times.
iPhone 13
Update 17.5.1
Use the app not the webpage.
Incidentally is there a way I can vote on AIBUs on the app? Only realised this was a thing when I went on the webpage randomly and saw voting buttons.

Me too, it's really annoying. You don't even have to touch the ad just scroll past it and it flicks through to Amazon.
iPhone 14 Pro
iOS 17.5.1

iPhone XR, using the app. No idea how to do a screen recording! But basically as I scroll the thread upwards, if I touch any part of the Amazon advert (with a moving finger - a scrolling action not a selecting one) it automatically opens the Amazon app on my phone. I close Amazon, go back to the Mumsnet app and it then automatically opens an Amazon page in Safari instead. I close that, go back the Mumsnet app again and it allows me to carry on scrolling.

Given the proportion of screen space the mid-thread adverts take up, it's very frustrating as you have to be so careful not to touch it. This doesn't happen with other adverts.

I was coming to site stuff to see if anyone else was having issue with this. So annoying, especially in long threads and it's happening many times.

iPhone 14, app and latest OS update.

Plus have just done a firmer swipe on the Papa John advert and it didn't click through, so the Amazon ad is definitely more sensitive.

iPhone 12 mini 17.5.1
App
So annoying!