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JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts) Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:07 AM Apr 2019

Do not ever go to read an article on USA Today

That has got to be the worst website on the Internet. You can't read the article, since it keeps jumping around while more and more advertisements load, and it bogs your computer down for a good ten minutes as it continuously download adware and bloatware, during which time you can do nothing. Even closing the browser does not stop the continuous downloading of all the crap that USA Today is transmitting to your machine, and anything you try to do on the computer will be very slow.

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Do not ever go to read an article on USA Today (Original Post) JayhawkSD Apr 2019 OP

Try Adblock plus. CurtEastPoint Apr 2019 #1

I use Adblock True Dough Apr 2019 #3

Sites like that go in my hosts file. lpbk2713 Apr 2019 #2

the problem is more and more local papers are associated with USA Today and have the same hlthe2b Apr 2019 #4

they are all owned by Gannet rurallib Apr 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author douglas9 Apr 2019 #6

I really don't need advertisements for corporate products. JayhawkSD Apr 2019 #7

CurtEastPoint

(18,639 posts)

1. Try Adblock plus.

Reply to JayhawkSD (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:12 AM

Apr 2019

Sometimes the site will not let you see the content until you disable it on a page and allow ads but it's worth a try.

True Dough

(17,302 posts)

3. I use Adblock

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:17 AM

Apr 2019

I have for years. It was awesome for a long time but more and more sites are insisting that you "white list" them or else you cannot see their content. It's a veritable rock and a hard place now.

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)

2. Sites like that go in my hosts file.

Reply to JayhawkSD (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:14 AM

Apr 2019

After that I couldn't go there if I wanted to. I also put there clickbait sites, sites with slideshows, sites with loud audio. I have put many there and I don't miss them.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)

4. the problem is more and more local papers are associated with USA Today and have the same

Reply to JayhawkSD (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:48 AM

Apr 2019

software running their sites. It is infuriating...

rurallib

(62,406 posts)

5. they are all owned by Gannet

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 21, 2019, 11:15 AM

Apr 2019

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JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)

7. I really don't need advertisements for corporate products.

Reply to JayhawkSD (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2019, 09:53 AM

Apr 2019

I am aware of all these products that I can add to my computer to protect me from this corporate malfeasance. No one seems offended by such corporate malfeasance, they simply tell me how I can add more software to my computer to allow this sleazy corporation top continue their crap and protect myself. Apparently, for corporations to abuse their clients is simply business as usual and not worthy the time I spent commenting on it.

Such abuse is,in fact, apparently a good thing, since it has spawned a major industry creating protective software which I can put on my computer to slow my browser down to a snail's pace.

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