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How to use iOS 9 content blockers to remove web popover boxes

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One of the most frequent irritations you may encounter, even on sites you otherwise explicitly want to have ads load, because you want every penny of their ad revenue to accrue due to you viewing, are dismissible or timer-driven popover boxes. These boxes can work poorly in iOS or even prevent you unintentionally from viewing the page. Some require tapping a difficult target X in a corner; missing launches an ad. Others appear for a period of time. Content Blocking Safari Extensions (http://www.macworld.com/article/2984483/ios/hands-on-with-content-blocking-safari-extensions-in-ios-9.html) can help.</p><figure class="medium left" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemid="https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2015/09/popover_blocking_wp_popover_box-100615154-medium.png">
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This popover at the Washington Post encourages you to subscribe, but if you don’t plan to, you may just want it to go away.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2984615/ios/how-to-use-ios-9-content-blockers-to-remove-web-popover-boxes.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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