Anyone else have this issue with their mobile phone?

[MaskedRacerX]

A long time ago, I contacted the staff here and proposed that exact idea. I would pay to not have to deal with all the ads. They were not interested

That seems a touch short sighted. I'd assume with a lower volume site like this, and the availability of ways to circumvent ad revenue, they'd be very open to it. Maybe they'd be interested in re-evaluating that in 2020, heck, XenForo has plugins to handle paid memberships, it wouldn't take much in terms of implementation.

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[Tomster]

That seems a touch short sighted. I'd assume with a lower volume site like this, and the availability of ways to circumvent ad revenue, they'd be very open to it. Maybe they'd be interested in re-evaluating that in 2020, heck, XenForo has plugins to handle paid memberships, it wouldn't take much in terms of implementation.

The amount of time I spend here, I still volunteer to contribute.

 

[18usc371]

See what I mean?

 

[Tomster]

See what I mean?

YEA!

 

[el-guapin]

I changed the privacy setting on my browser (FF)from standard to Strict. It removed those annoying ads

 

[Tomster]

I just turned the phone on to its side and the ad that was blocking access to function went away

 

[Skwibbs]

a new ad appears at the top of my browser on my mobile phone. I can't view alerts or PMs because they are blocked by the ad. See below.

Same. Was disappointed to see this... I only use this site on mobile. I have to hit the arrow to "minimize" the ad and risk clicking on it.

 

[Big John]

Same. Was disappointed to see this... I only use this site on mobile. I have to hit the arrow to "minimize" the ad and risk clicking on it.

I only use the mobile site on my iPhone too. The Purify app recommend above works perfect. The invasive slide down ad is now gone. Best $1.99 I’ve spent in a while.

 

[Jmeo]

Right, so iOS has a content blocker API, basically it means it allows you to use a 3rd party app, then enable access by that app in Safari (if you look in Settings >> Safari you'll see about in the middle there's a setting for Content Blockers). So grab a blocker, Purify, AdBlocker, the free options are all solid, then you'll enable it in that setting.

Look, I hate not providing the site owner revenue from ads, that's why I allow them on my desktop, but that can't be at the sacrifice of the user not being able to actually use the site.

Again, if they setup a membership option, I'd gladly pay (a reasonable price) for no ads to support the site.

This worked perfectly, thanks again for the advice. I picked the free Norton Add Blocker.

 

[Briebee72]

you would think this is actually counter productive to revenue. before people were ok with it. now they have shoved so many ads that everyone is getting ad blockers. and now i would think their revenue will actually go down from having everything blocked. Ill never understand all these ads anyway does any one actually click the things?

 

[Tomster]

you would think this is actually counter productive to revenue. before people were ok with it. now they have shoved so many ads that everyone is getting ad blockers. and now i would think their revenue will actually go down from having everything blocked. Ill never understand all these ads anyway does any one actually click the things?

No, but they get paid for them.

I've said it all along, the sh#t storms that go on here do nothing but contribute to the bottom line.

I'm fine with that, they have to pay the bills. Why else keep the store open? However, there ought to be a happy medium. I shouldn't have to minimize ads to get to key functionality of the site.

 

[obspsd]

I just got the Norton add blocker app and then enabled it through my iPhone settings.
Back to normal now!

 

[Tomster]

I dont see that available for android

 

[Briebee72]

No, but they get paid for them.

I've said it all along, the sh#t storms that go on here do nothing but contribute to the bottom line.

I'm fine with that, they have to pay the bills. Why else keep the store open? However, there ought to be a happy medium. I shouldn't have to minimize ads to get to key functionality of the site.

Thats what IM saying before there were ads and they weren't obtrusive so people did not block them and they made revenue. Now they started putting ads over stuff you need to use so now everyone is getting ad blockers so I suspect the revenue they were hoping to increase with this change will now infact cause them to loose revenue from everyone blocking the adds now.

 

[obspsd]

I dont see that available for android

Maybe not. I have no idea.
Seems to work if you use a iPhone though.
Only took me like 1 minute.

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