# Do you want to install Straight Dope Message Board on this device?

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**Created:** [September 4, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-install-straight-dope-message-board-on-this-device/950088 "2021-09-04T07:24:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-install-straight-dope-message-board-on-this-device/950088/1 "2021-09-04T07:24:11Z")

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No thank you.

[![](https://i.postimg.cc/sg9W2s0L/Screenshot-20210904-075903-Brave.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/sg9W2s0L/Screenshot-20210904-075903-Brave.jpg)

Is there any way to not be asked this on every forum load?

(Brave browser on Android, fwiw.)

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-install-straight-dope-message-board-on-this-device/950088/2 "2021-09-04T13:17:32Z")

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Here’s a Reddit thread from 2019 that says you have to change a setting in Android to tell Brave not to ask to install apps.

> **[r/brave\_browser - Any way to stop websites from asking you to install their...](https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/blqji1/any_way_to_stop_websites_from_asking_you_to/)**
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> 3 votes and 2 comments so far on Reddit

But I agree it would be better if it would remember you said no to a specific website.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-install-straight-dope-message-board-on-this-device/950088/3 "2021-09-04T16:20:46Z")

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Thanks. I already had app installation requests disabled, so this is some other behavior.