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Title: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: klaviator on July 19, 2023, 10:38:58 PM: Anyone else who thinks the Ads on this forum are really obnoxious? I'm on 3 other forums and Facebook but none have Ads nearly as obnoxious and intrusive as the ones on this forum.
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Iahawk on July 20, 2023, 04:27:31 AM: a great reason to use an ad blocker! I use Adblock Plus in my browser and never see an ad on this site.
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Neil955i on July 20, 2023, 06:56:53 AM: Quote from: Iahawk on July 20, 2023, 04:27:31 AM
a great reason to use an ad blocker! I use Adblock Plus in my browser and never see an ad on this site.

Yes, got that on my laptop, but not possible on my tablet as I use Firefox browser and AdBlock Plus will only work on the tablet’s proprietary browser 🤬
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: CROSSBOLT on July 20, 2023, 10:40:18 AM: Quote from: klaviator on July 19, 2023, 10:38:58 PM
Anyone else who thinks the Ads on this forum are really obnoxious? I'm on 3 other forums and Facebook but none have Ads nearly as obnoxious and intrusive as the ones on this forum.
Now that you mention it...what ads? Not seen a one on Samsung tablet! Using Duckduck Go for search engine. Do not recall ever seeing ads of any kind and never even realized it!
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Neil955i on July 20, 2023, 01:18:36 PM: Quote from: CROSSBOLT on July 20, 2023, 10:40:18 AM
Now that you mention it...what ads? Not seen a one on Samsung tablet! Using Duckduck Go for search engine. Do not recall ever seeing ads of any kind and never even realized it!

You're lucky Karl, on my iPad they gobble up about 25-30% of the available screen area and are sometimes for quite inappropriate stuff!
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on July 20, 2023, 03:28:24 PM: Quote from: Iahawk on July 20, 2023, 04:27:31 AM
a great reason to use an ad blocker! I use Adblock Plus in my browser and never see an ad on this site.
Thanks Hawk!
I'm trying it today - so far so good!

Stig
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: NorWeWa on July 20, 2023, 03:49:56 PM: I use Firefox and DuckDuckGo for search. The extension with DuckDuckGo does a good job with unwanted adds.

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Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: CROSSBOLT on July 20, 2023, 06:45:32 PM: Quote from: NorWeWa on July 20, 2023, 03:49:56 PM
I use Firefox and DuckDuckGo for search. The extension with DuckDuckGo does a good job with unwanted adds.

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Is Duck duck the reason I DON'T get covered with ads, a'la' AOL in the 90's?
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Neil955i on July 20, 2023, 06:55:30 PM: Quote from: NorWeWa on July 20, 2023, 03:49:56 PM
I use Firefox and DuckDuckGo for search. The extension with DuckDuckGo does a good job with unwanted adds.

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Thanks, I’ll give Duck Duck Go a er, go!

Edit: partial success. Ads gone, now just blank white space where they were.
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: NorWeWa on July 20, 2023, 08:13:10 PM: In FireFox, I do have to click on the extensions icon which is is on the far right side of the header to manage the extensions. You can turn them on and off easily. One of my game sites does not like add blockers, and I turn it off.

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Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Iahawk on July 20, 2023, 09:46:52 PM: unfortunately ads are why this website is free. Ads pay the bills! So, shhhhhhhhhhh, don't tell anyone we're using ad blockers.. ::)

by the way, I also have an ad blocker installed on my ipad's browser..works great...
Title: Re: Obnoxious Ads
Post by: Neil955i on July 21, 2023, 06:40:45 AM: Quote from: Iahawk on July 20, 2023, 09:46:52 PM

by the way, I also have an ad blocker installed on my ipad's browser..works great...

Which one d’you use on your iPad Hawk?