Tried to read a post on their forums and after the post loads, comes this lovely modal. The X to close the modal is quite continently positioned so it is under the top UI of the browser and thus cannot be closed. My respect for this site has just been lost.
You’re using Chrome on iOS.
The address bar expands when you scroll up and contracts when you scroll down.
In your screenshot, the address bar is in the expanded state. In this state, it will partially cover page content unless you have scrolled to the very top edge.
This is not deliberate malicious placement on iFixit’s part. You are falsely attributing malice to a coincidental UI behavior in your browser of choice on your mobile platform of choice.
They could not have a full page pop-up covering an article, but yaknow…