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24-04-2021, 01:59 PM
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They are really starting to p me off these days. Not just the usual tripe on TV and radio but every bloody Youtube video, online newspapers (can't read more than six lines without a load of ads). Mrs LD was online trying to pay an electric bill yesterday and the payment page was flooded with bloody ads and offers.

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Pay direct debit...avoid the ads!

But yeah, I know what you mean. And ad blockers these days aren't any use, because they don't let you use the site unless you allow the adverts
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24-04-2021, 02:05 PM
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Pay direct debit...avoid the ads!

But yeah, I know what you mean. And ad blockers these days aren't any use, because they don't let you use the site unless you allow the adverts
Yes, they seem to have worked that out unfortunately. I still use AdBlock as it's free, easy enough to turn on and off and the majority of websites can still be viewed without adverts.
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I agree about far too many ads, and they swamp everywhere.

On the telly it is mostly the same old ones over and over, done to death they are. I have to mute them now as most of them drive me nuts.
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24-04-2021, 02:47 PM
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The Daily Mail is impossible to read online, full of ads and that really annoying pop up video which you just cannot get rid of. I wonder what it will be like in 50 years time? We will probably have ads fed directly into our brain via bluetooth.
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never seen an advert on newspapers, youtube or anywhere else but I got Total AV adblocker well worth the £19 per annum I pay
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24-04-2021, 03:37 PM
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Re: Adverts

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
The Daily Mail is impossible to read online, full of ads and that really annoying pop up video which you just cannot get rid of. I wonder what it will be like in 50 years time? We will probably have ads fed directly into our brain via bluetooth.
We use the free download AdBlocker Ultimate and can still read the DM on-line with no problems.
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I think I need to reinstall adblocker on my new pc. The youtube ads are when I watch them on tv via Roku.
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24-04-2021, 06:03 PM
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Re: Adverts

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
The Daily Mail is impossible to read online, full of ads and that really annoying pop up video which you just cannot get rid of. I wonder what it will be like in 50 years time? We will probably have ads fed directly into our brain via bluetooth.
So right there! So many pop ups. Drives me mental.
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24-04-2021, 08:36 PM
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Re: Adverts

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
The Daily Mail is impossible to read online, full of ads and that really annoying pop up video which you just cannot get rid of. I wonder what it will be like in 50 years time? We will probably have ads fed directly into our brain via bluetooth.
I have AdBlock and AdBlock Plus, yet if I open a Daily Mail page online, there appears a message occupying the whole screen announcing that I'm using an ad blocker and that I must disable the ad blocker!

I try to remember to right-click the link and click 'open in incognito window'. It doesn't block the ads, but I will not be dictated to!

For that reason, I never usually read the DM.

Try the Express instead. Yes, there are adverts, but they don't take over the whole site and I just scroll past them. The Telegraph is the same.
 
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