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I HATE THESE AUTOPLAY ADS!

by dottigirl
Thu, Sep 14, 2017 15:34
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Urghh, the latest one with the swell of music, and something about being dropped on a kid is even worse.

Thing is, I've no idea what ANY of them are for. And that's after being forced to listen to or watch them. So, as adverts, they're worse than bad.

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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VeloUSA | 7 years ago
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@dottigirl - ABP is customizable: you can enabe or disable on a site or specific page, you can set filters to allow specific types of ads through, or select an element (ad) you wish to block and let the rest through.

When I first come to roadcc I may disable ABP, look at the ads, then enable ABP.

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dottigirl | 7 years ago
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I was trying to avoid using Adblock or similar as I recognise road.cc have got to generate some income from somewhere. Plus, I do click on the odd ad, if it's tempting enough.

But, I've just spent five minutes holding the mouse button down to read a couple of articles, and my finger hurts now. I'll be installing it later.

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VeloUSA | 7 years ago
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Block annoying ads with Adblock Plus. Available for Android, Apple iOS, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Opera, Safari and Yandex.

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mike the bike replied to VeloUSA | 7 years ago
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VeloUSA wrote:

Block annoying ads with Adblock Plus. Available for Android, Apple iOS, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Opera, Safari and Yandex.

 

Came already installed on my new Apple, it's marvellous.

 

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carytb | 7 years ago
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I'm sick of them as well. I realise that the website has to be paid for somehow but I'm not sure taking money to alienate subscribers is a goo idea. I'm out

 

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ChasP | 7 years ago
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Same on phone and pc, went to the page to report it and it dissappeared !

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Stef Marazzi | 7 years ago
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What has more ridiculous when you browse it on a phone it just randomly opens links to Google Play and some kind of random apps often gambling ones

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keirik | 7 years ago
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unusable on my pc too, keeps jumping from the subject to the ad, with no way to stop it

this will kill road.cc

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Paul5f | 7 years ago
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Same here. I can't use the site on my phone so now only check it now and again when I use the kid's laptop that has an ad blocker.

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pockstone | 7 years ago
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Hear hear! They are making the site unuseable.

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StraelGuy | 7 years ago
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Totally agree, I've given up coming on here on my phone during my lunch hour. They completely hijack the relevant article or thread no.

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