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Post by buzyg » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:15 pm

Not seen any pop ups here on PC or Android.

Always worth clearing your cache with those sort of issues. :wink:
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Post by dhobbs » Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:40 am

Currently on iPhone 14.4.1, update pending, so will report back in a while.
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Post by dhobbs » Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:43 am

Updated iphone to 14.4.2 and no pop ups yet :thumbsup:
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Post by Crazy Harry » Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:50 am

First one this morning - when I open this thread :slaphead:

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Post by enuff_zed » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:03 am

Yup, had several yesterday and again this morning, on this thread too!
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Post by dhobbs » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:04 am

dhobbs wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:43 am Updated iphone to 14.4.2 and no pop ups yet :thumbsup:
Spoke too soon :headbang:

Considering my safari is set to block popups I'm surprised to see these. Looks like the advertisers have found a way around!
All very harmless until the ads become more adult specific.
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Post by M1k3yC » Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:50 am

I've started getting these on a Windows PC running Chrome. However, I just noticed that I'm logged out when I went to reply to this thread so I don't know if that'll make a difference. I don't object to adverts to help pay for the site, but regular pop up overlays are too intrusive IMO. I do understand that this may be out of the control of the forum admins.
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Post by Timmyboybunter » Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:57 pm

Also getting these in the past few days - the first couple caught me out, as I clicked the topic link in a reply notification email only to be shown a full screen (on my phone) advert for Carly rather than the topic!
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Post by DMike » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:02 pm

With Ipad and Safari, I have also had popups in the past two days or so. So far only when opening the first page from my bookmarks.
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Post by Colin_E » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:42 pm

I started seeing them too over last couple of days. I don't think it's platform or browser specific because I've seen them on both a Windows PC with Chrome Browser & iPad running Safari.
I'd like to know if its a policy decision from the forum owner - if it is, I won't take any action to block them. As others have already said, I think it's fair game to try to cover running costs & I'm grateful this forum exists.
However if it ISN'T something that benefits the forum financially then I'll configure my PiHole accordingly :evil:

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Post by gobowept » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:39 pm

Mine doesn't show a pop-up. Using a laptop with a Chrome browser.

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Post by Worcester_spoon » Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:39 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:19 pm
Worcester_spoon wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:06 pm Iggy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:31 pm
They are AdSense interstitial ads. I think it's fair enough as running a forum isn't free
+1 on this. The internet isn’t free folks.
That's true, but somehow I don't think the forum is getting paid anything for them - but I'd live with them if that was the case.

Otherwise I'd just like to stop getting them as they're f*****g annoying. :headbang:
(Don’t hate me but...) I work in advertising. The forum will 100% be getting paid for these and in general, they’re worth 4 to 5 times the amount of money the little ad at the top of the page generates. It’s all coming from Google.

IMHO seeing these are a small price for us all to pay for having a free forum.
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Post by IRD » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:11 pm

These pop up every time I join the Forum now. :roll:

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Post by Timmyboybunter » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:27 pm

P*ss off Carly :rofl:
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Post by Smartbear » Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:57 pm

Timmyboybunter wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:27 pm P*ss off Carly :rofl:
Perhaps you can code it out? :rofl:
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