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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

1. Go to <http://cnn.com/>.
2. Click the app "View" button.

What you see:
1. An iOS-imitating app banner advertising an app on Google Play.
2. An error message.

What you should see: No such banner.

Either CNN needs to be evangelized to show the banner only on Android,
or the browser app's UA string needs to be changed.

(One way of reducing this problem would be a UA style sheet hiding all
{display:block} elements pointing to market:// URLs. That wouldn't hide
any that went through URL redirectors, though. I can't tell whether the
CNN one goes through a redirector.)

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1329799

Title:
  CNN.com advertises Google Play app to Ubuntu users

Status in “webbrowser-app” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1. Go to <http://cnn.com/>.
  2. Click the app "View" button.

  What you see:
  1. An iOS-imitating app banner advertising an app on Google Play.
  2. An error message.

  What you should see: No such banner.

  Either CNN needs to be evangelized to show the banner only on Android,
  or the browser app's UA string needs to be changed.

  (One way of reducing this problem would be a UA style sheet hiding all
  {display:block} elements pointing to market:// URLs. That wouldn't
  hide any that went through URL redirectors, though. I can't tell
  whether the CNN one goes through a redirector.)

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