How to stop ads opening the app store

How to stop ads opening the app store? Nearly every in-game advertisment in games my kid is playing is presenting an App Store window with the game to be installed. Of course I have Passwort protected this. But this is so annoying! Why apple is not preventing this?

The issue is 10 years old Pop ups "force open" App Store - Apple Community

It can't be that hard to implement an 'block other apps to trigger app installations', right?

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Posted on Nov 2, 2023 03:12 PM

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Posted on Mar 27, 2024 11:38 AM

I agree, I have an iPhone without the home button so I can switch back but this is god awful frustrating. A way to get around this is;

Settings, Screentime, content and privacy restrictions, Allowed Apps, “Installing Apps”> turn off

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