WYP
News Guru
This addition will block ads that do not meet strict advertising standards.
Read more on Google's plans to integrate an ad-blocker into Chrome.
Read more on Google's plans to integrate an ad-blocker into Chrome.
Google will integrate an ad-blocker into Chrome on February 15th
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AlienALX
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I hope this works. I was over my mother's house the other day on Facebook on my phone and four times got sponsored ads on Facebook with pictures of penises on them. Literally actual penises. So obviously Facebook are not vetting their supposedly "sponsored ads" which tbh I find quite disgusting. Who uses Facebook more than any one else? kids under the age of 13.
As for the use of online ads? I don't pay almost £50 a month for my internet only for it to come smothered in ads. This capitalist BS is honestly starting to wind me right up. And I am sick of them telling me that (when I complain) "We will try and send ads better suited to you !".
F**K OFF, I don't want to see any of your ads. I have never seen a single advert, in all of my life, that has made me think "Ooo, I think I will buy that !". Ever. In fact, adverts only annoy me and make me not want to buy that product.
As for the use of online ads? I don't pay almost £50 a month for my internet only for it to come smothered in ads. This capitalist BS is honestly starting to wind me right up. And I am sick of them telling me that (when I complain) "We will try and send ads better suited to you !".
F**K OFF, I don't want to see any of your ads. I have never seen a single advert, in all of my life, that has made me think "Ooo, I think I will buy that !". Ever. In fact, adverts only annoy me and make me not want to buy that product.
WYP
News Guru
Just going to point out that the ads don't fund your ISP (unless they are somehow injecting their own). Ads are what pay for online content and it is what keeps things running smoothly without everything being part of a subscription service or every website asking for donations.
There isn't really an alternative to the ad-supported internet model, donations and paywall would be impossible for most and end up costing end-users more to access the same content.
AlienALX
Well-known member
Oh yeah I can dig that. What's odd is when I go on Facebook on the PC I see barely any ads at all. Mind you, I do have three ad blockers on it lmao.
Problem for me is forced ads. You go to a web site to read something and it tries to force you into disabling your blocker. Now that's all well and good, but these days there are a hundred websites out there all with the same thing on. So that just pushes me away from reading content.
I have also noticed in myself as I get older that I turn to Youtube more and more these days. It's bone lazy but it's easier.
Darkdayzzz
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You literally just answered your own problem with the ads on the phone vs the PC. You have adblockers installed on the pc and not the phone, you COULD use an adblock browser for your phone (they do work, I have used one or two occasionally but I am almost always near a pc for my browsing usage).
But yeah the adblock browser is really nice on the phone
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I don't have adblocker now yet many sites say I do. I haven't had it in years... So this will be a welcome change for me.
MacLeod
New member
I hate that we have to use ad blockers because I like websites like this being free but man are ads getting really, REALLY heavy handed lately. The mobile version of Chrome doesn't have an ad blocker and my phone and websites load mobile sites about 10 times slower than they should due to the ads, the unbelievably irritating auto play videos are the worst and I've even run up on websites that have auto play audio and I can't find where it's at to turn it off. Not to mention all the crapware that gets installed on your computer through ads. I'm having to de-malware my dingbat wife's laptop all the time because she's getting freaking tool bars and other crap installed on it all the time.
I disable adblock on sites like this and a few others I frequent all the time and I think a lot of people do but for most sites we don't. Hopefully this goes a long way to fix the issue so sites can get back to relying on ad revenue. But I have a sinking feeling that the douchebags that are responsible for these super intrusive ads will just find more ways around them.
I disable adblock on sites like this and a few others I frequent all the time and I think a lot of people do but for most sites we don't. Hopefully this goes a long way to fix the issue so sites can get back to relying on ad revenue. But I have a sinking feeling that the douchebags that are responsible for these super intrusive ads will just find more ways around them.
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demonking
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I think this is more for Googles sake. My adblocker stops 99% of my ads of which I'd say the majority are Googles ads. I use an adblocker simply because the amount of them that end up taking over my browsing experience. Sites I trust, get white listed. This is so that Google can start making more money, cos they don't make enough on my meta data, phone and music service...........
God I'm so cynical these days wish I could actually trust any major corporation.
God I'm so cynical these days wish I could actually trust any major corporation.
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