Ads on here

[JamesWales]

Is it just me or have they gone a bit crazy in the last week. It's like playing Tetris with all the boxes popping up.

Carwow in particular. Please tell carwow Mike that on principle I shall never buy or sell a car from them now.

Thanks

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Is it just me or have they gone a bit crazy in the last week. It's like playing Tetris with all the boxes popping up.

Carwow in particular. Please tell carwow Mike that on principle I shall never buy or sell a car from them now.

Thanks

Splott is getting adverts for ping pong balls :hehe:

[splott parker]

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Splott is getting adverts for ping pong balls :hehe:

And flags of all nations!!!

[Trigger]

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Pornhub, whisky and the odd amazon advert, not sure it's really suitable for a family friendly football forum.

[Cyclops]

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I'd add the recent intrusion of adverts on YouTube, which has destroyed its viewing pleasure.

You can be watching, say, a full concert by Joe Bonamassa or an instruction video for a hobby project (like knitting :-) ) and at the start and at regular intervals the video is ruined by a pop-up for 'sponsor a donkey' or 'make a will'.

Yes, you can buy a dedicated ad-blocking app (which I'm not about to do). You can click the ad to leave after a short time (although many run on to their end and can't be stopped).

'Tis all about money of course. The YouTube revenue stream is decreasing and because it's not making so many £millions, it is taxing the ad-blocking viewer.

I'm with James Wales here and will not buy the products advertised. Bugger the donkeys! YouTube admin and their advertisers need to understand that the ads create antipathy to the advertised products.....folk will stop or reduce their viewing and so revenue will drop more. And contributors may think twice about using YouTube. It's a Lose/Lose situation.

[Trigger]

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I'd add the recent intrusion of adverts on YouTube, which has destroyed its viewing pleasure.

You can be watching, say, a full concert by Joe Bonamassa or an instruction video for a hobby project (like knitting :-) ) and at the start and at regular intervals the video is ruined by a pop-up for 'sponsor a donkey' or 'make a will'.

Yes, you can buy a dedicated ad-blocking app (which I'm not about to do). You can click the ad to leave after a short time (although many run on to their end and can't be stopped).

'Tis all about money of course. The YouTube revenue stream is decreasing and because it's not making so many £millions, it is taxing the ad-blocking viewer.

I'm with James Wales here and will not buy the products advertised. Bugger the donkeys! YouTube admin and their advertisers need to understand that the ads create antipathy to the advertised products.....folk will stop or reduce their viewing and so revenue will drop more. And contributors may think twice about using YouTube. It's a Lose/Lose situation.

Adverts there have noticeably increased, I'm not sure whether the frequency is controlled by the content maker though.

The free premium month I had recently was blissful. Not sure I'd want to pay monthly for it myself on top of everything else but it certainly has value, particularly if someone watches a lot of it.

[Brizzlebluebirds]

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Use Ublock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock and Sponsorblock https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock

Ublock Origin blocks the ads (works best in firefox but is more than capable with chromium based browsers) and Sponsorblock skips the sponsored sections in videos.

[NYCBlue]

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I use AdBlock and it works just fine. I never see ads on this site. Also, if you're getting ads for Pornhub and whisky, you might want to clear your browsing history and cookies.

[Gofer Blue]

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I use AdBlock and it works just fine. I never see ads on this site.

Ditto here.

[the other bob wilson]

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I use AdBlock and it works just fine. I never see ads on this site. Also, if you're getting ads for Pornhub and whisky, you might want to clear your browsing history and cookies.

Same here.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Same here.

Is this a confession to say you've cleared your browser history because of Pornhub ads? :hehe:

[Heathblue]

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Ad free using a browser on the PC due to use of ad blockers, on my fone however, which i cannot be arsed to install free ad blockers which use ads!!!!! to force you into buying the app, the ads on here are becoming well OTT.

[mps1]

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I recommend one of these routers with Ad block and Wireguard built in 👍

https://amzn.eu/d/eJN4mAQ

[Des Parrot]

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Anybody recommend something that works with Chrome on an iPad, I’d be very grateful. Adblock plus doesn’t work, at all. I currently get around 80-90% ads on every page and a full page ad between the front page & a thread opening.

[Cleve van Leef]

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Anybody recommend something that works with Chrome on an iPad, I’d be very grateful. Adblock plus doesn’t work, at all. I currently get around 80-90% ads on every page and a full page ad between the front page & a thread opening.

1Blocker.