A note to web developers. Don’t drown me in full page ads, running videos and intrusive widgets if you want me on your page for than 5 seconds. This problem seems to be getting worse.
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I just don't give sites a chance anymore. I use Adblock plus on my computers and Adguard Pro to block ads in apps and browser on my phones.
A.Goldberg
macrumors 68030
I find local news sites to be especially awful. Also, the increasing number of paywalls for a lot of news is getting a little ridiculous. I’m not going to pay for an article I can read elsewhere for free eh hem Washington Post and much of NYT.
Scepticalscribe
macrumors Haswell
Oh, yes. A heartfelt and profound amen to this.
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Likewise; Adblock plus is a lifesaver, and it gives rise to these plaintive pop-ups from some publications.
istopdrop17
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willmtaylor
macrumors G4
Another issue is that many websites (not excluding this one) just contract out ads to a provider and there’s an “ad pool,” so the only way to know whether obnoxious or nefarious ads are appearing is to refer to them when they appear.
eyoungren
macrumors Nehalem
I use Bluhell Firewall and uMatrix.
Bluhell is the ad blocker. There is only ONE site I've ever found it to fail on and that was Facebook.
Bluhell just works. No settings.
Since advertisers are getting smarter anyway, it will make blocking redundant i reckon in future.. Since they all rely on lists maintained and updated, there is the weak point, even uBlock Origin does, which i use.
Scepticalscribe
macrumors Haswell
Not really: I'd imagine it as a sort of virtual arms race, conducted online, with the ads indeed getting smarter, but with ad-block technology (after a lag) catching up and finding fresh ways to cope with this.