scrappinghappy
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Post by scrappinghappy on Dec 26, 2022 5:17:56 GMT
I am so gullible and used to buy so. much. stuff from ads it was driving me crazy. So I put an adblocker on all my browsers and both my wallet and I love it.
I wouldn't say I have no ads but boy, they are vastly reduced and it makes using the computer a much better experience for me.
So please tell me why you don't have an adblocker.
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Post by Zee on Dec 26, 2022 5:35:46 GMT
Because the ads don't bother me and I'm usually only on my phone.
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Dec 26, 2022 6:31:24 GMT
Because I just ignore them.
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Post by katlady on Dec 26, 2022 7:21:37 GMT
Ditto! They don’t bother me and I ignore them.
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paget
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Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
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Post by paget on Dec 26, 2022 8:03:54 GMT
Ditto! They don’t bother me and I ignore them. Another one not bothered. I just tune them out. |
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Post by Restless Spirit on Dec 26, 2022 11:51:02 GMT
I hold my iPad horizontally, so I don’t even see the ads unless I look for them. Sometimes I find them rather amusing. The one on the bottom of my screen right now is for a company called “Moose Knuckles Canada”. A few years ago there was one for Caterpillar Road Graders. I do have to wonder what generated that particular ad.
ETA - the top ad is in Spanish. I don’t read nor speak Spanish.
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J u l e e
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Jun 28, 2014 2:50:47 GMT
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Post by J u l e e on Dec 26, 2022 12:56:55 GMT
They don’t bother or entice me. I rarely even notice them.
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Post by Linda on Dec 26, 2022 14:15:04 GMT
add me to the 'not bothered and rarely notice' couch
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Post by auntkelly on Dec 26, 2022 14:46:07 GMT
I don’t notice them. I do lots of online shopping, but I don’t think I’ve ever clicked on an ad I’ve seen on this website or any other.
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Dec 26, 2022 14:51:18 GMT
I ignore them. The only ads that get to me are the targeted ones in Facebook. I'll admit to buying art teacher t-shirts many times. I have at least 5 of them. I'm currently getting a lot of ads for stickers, washi tape, and journaling. I have a feeling some of that is in my future.
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Post by myshelly on Dec 26, 2022 14:51:33 GMT
I only use the internet from my phone. I barely see the ads here and have never clicked on one, much less bought anything from it.
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Dec 26, 2022 15:12:39 GMT
On my phone, there is no ad blocker for Chrome.
I have one for the Samsung internet but don't use that except for YouTube
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2022 15:15:24 GMT
I'm lazy and haven't bothered.
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Dec 26, 2022 16:03:58 GMT
I barely notice them. Sometimes thwy are places I know, sometimes not. I have never ever clicked on one. Not from any page.
If they are big box stores like Home Depot or Walmart, I don't have the desire to just click into some place line that and randomly start shopping. I've never though ohh kitchen taps, those are nice I should buy some new ones. If they are junky places like Wish, I wouldn't buy that garbage.
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Post by chaosisapony on Dec 26, 2022 16:15:18 GMT
I had an ad blocker for a while but it annoyed me more than the ads did. I ignore any ads I encounter on the internet, just sort of tune them out and don't notice them much. Sometimes there are ads on social media which I am actually glad I see and I've bought stuff because of them before. I just make sure not to click and buy from the ad but search for the product on my own and buy it.
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Post by femalebusiness on Dec 26, 2022 17:04:40 GMT
I am always on my iPad and rarely get any ads. When I do get a few they start and stop by the end of the day. I never click on ads and the few that I get don't bother me.
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Post by Sparki on Dec 26, 2022 17:30:57 GMT
I do use an ad blocker. I never bought from ads before, and now, I haven't seen an ad in years. I spend enough on things that I know I want and look for.
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Gem Girl
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Post by Gem Girl on Dec 26, 2022 18:14:22 GMT
Here's the thing about "free" computer programs--if they're giving it to you, then you're the product.
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Post by monklady123 on Dec 26, 2022 18:14:41 GMT
I put my ad blocker on for two reasons. One was some site I used to go to a lot -- I think it might have been a Weight Watchers site -- that had those kind where if you even rolled your cursor over it you'd get the ad. ugh. -- The second was a cooking site that had ads that would literally hold me hostage because they would freeze my screen. I stopped looking at her site anyway, but now I love my ad-free existence.  |
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Post by lisae on Dec 26, 2022 18:39:05 GMT
I can resist. Actually even if I am interested in something, I won't click on the ad. I may go directly to the website. I particularly do no click on Facebook or YouTube ads for fear of where they might lead me.
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Post by Zee on Dec 26, 2022 18:55:57 GMT
I can resist. Actually even if I am interested in something, I won't click on the ad. I may go directly to the website. I particularly do no click on Facebook or YouTube ads for fear of where they might lead me. Sometimes the Facebook ads are SPOT ON. I've bought a lot of things that way. Of course, you need to vet the site if possible and use PayPal. But I've only ever had one bad transaction and since I used PayPal I got a refund. I do, however, wish they'd realize I don't need plus-size period panties and even less, a period JUMPSUIT. What kind of monster wears a jumpsuit if their periods are that bad? I once had periods so bad I had to lay towels down under me at night and wear overnight pads with super plus tampons and would still leak. I can't imagine being trapped in that in a jumpsuit. I was almost at the point of adult diapers before i got my hysterectomy. But that was 11 years ago, FB. |
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Post by jennifercw on Dec 26, 2022 20:16:10 GMT
I don't use one mostly just because ads don't bug me that much - especially here on 2peas. And I'm not sure I've ever actually bought something from clicking on an ad! I tend to assume many of them are scams.
I do find it interesting that the use of ad-blockers is against the pro boards terms of service!
"ProBoards imposes certain restrictions on Your use of the Website and the Services. You represent and warrant that you will not: (a) "stalk" or otherwise harass any person, or contact any person who has requested not to be contacted; (b) provide false, misleading or inaccurate information to ProBoards or any other member; (c) impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent affiliation, connection or association with, any person or entity; (d) while, using the Website and Services, use "ad blocking" software or similar built-in web browser options designed to hide, block or prevent the proper display of online advertising;..."
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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 26, 2022 21:30:47 GMT
I never usually notice them, except for the one the other day that was showing the dress I was wearing right at that moment. I vaguely remember something in the early days of this board, and ad blockers were discouraged or maybe even against the T&Cs of Proboards. You can pay $8 to remove the banner ads here. But otherwise, you're getting this wonderful board for free, the ads pay for the upkeep, so I'm going to leave them there. Ah, I should have just read jennifercw's post above..... ad blockers are against the T&Cs. Which makes sense, because advertising (or us paying them to keep it ad-free) is how the company keeps the boards going. Just like Netflix or Spotify have different pricing levels depending on whether you want ads or not. Ain't nothing for free in this world! |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Dec 26, 2022 22:37:40 GMT
Because I want my favorite free internet sites to remain free for me to use.
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Post by cmpeter on Dec 27, 2022 2:08:21 GMT
Free generally isn’t free and I hardly notice the ads.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 27, 2022 2:21:30 GMT
I do use one because some of the sites and blogs I look at have the ads positioned so they pop up in the most annoying way, typically they come up right over the top of some text I’m reading or a recipe I want to print out and you can’t get rid of it. Or they have some blinking, flashing annoyingness that I simply can’t tolerate. If the ads would be placed in a manner where I could easily ignore them, I probably wouldn’t bother with an ad blocker. And for what it’s worth, I use a paid ad blocker. It cost about $5 and was worth every penny.
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Post by Embri on Dec 27, 2022 11:34:04 GMT
I run four of them, on top of Firefox's built in filtering.
uMatrix
uBlock Origin
Forget-Me-Not
Privacy Badger
Overkill? Maybe. Haven't seen more than an ad or two since, and it's easy enough to toss whatever slips through the defaults onto the custom filter list. Everything is better when you control what content you want get to see. I love the ability to zap absolutely anything that annoys me, be it an animated GIF, an overly large signature image, a navigation element I don't care for, whatever. Boom, gone. Off to the null server!
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