Getting full screen pop up ads in Samsung news on the homepage

[ansel]

I have an S25 Ultra. A $1400 phone and Samsung serving ads on their news app is bad enough, but now I'm getting full screen pop-up ads in the news page which is completely unacceptable. I will be done using Samsung News. And if I keep seeing ads elsewhere in Samsung apps, I will be done with Samsung. I will switch to Apple, even though it's not my first choice. Ridiculous if I'm paying over $1,000 for a phone and getting served ads. This is completely unacceptable. And completely ridiculous, quite honestly. Shame on you, Samsung.

[Oxford]

Did you buy your phone directly from Samsung so it's unlocked, or, did you buy it through a cell carrier company so it's carrier locked? I have never heard of nor seen Samsung push advertisements out to customers, it is 100% of the time the phone being carrier locked even though it's paid off and the carrier still has access to push out their BS.

[ansel]

Yes it's direct from Samsung and unlocked

[ansel]

It's only happened to me on their news page when I swipe all the way to the left to use their Samsung news page, but I've never had it show full-screen pop-up ads before. They always have just the little ads that try to trick you into clicking them because they look like articles.

[ansel]

This is the ad that just popped up a few minutes ago when I went into Samsung News by swiping all the way to the left of my screen and was reading a couple of articles. It definitely did not come from clicking on one of the frozen ads in the list of articles. I had opened an article, and about a split second later it popped up. I know it’s not something with my phone because it never pops up other than from the Samsung News app.

[greatmastermario]

I have also gotten this recently. I have seen no communication from Samsung regarding ads in the news app.

[irvjam]

Sick of seeing this one too. I can deal with some ads but this one in particular is crazy

[ansel]

Yeah I totally agree when it takes over the phone that's where it goes too far

[userKZw5YjMwZZ]

I completely agree - It's utterly ridiculous!! I have the exact same problem (same ad) and I also have a 25 ultra. I am about to disable the app.

[HypnomorphMe]

I am getting the same ad. I don't see a way to close it. I have to close the app entirely. It is making it impossible to use. I am probably missing something on closing it? If I will stop using the app until it is fixed. Might not ever go back as there are plenty of other ways to get news that doesn't cause this issue.