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1. Adblock. Try it.

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Sat Aug 15, 2015, 03:55 PM

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I'VE HAD IT! Website programmers are morons. Website owners are greedy morons. [View all] Armstead Aug 2015 OP

Adblock. Try it. Brickbat Aug 2015 #1

I have. Lost it when upgraded computer but will try again. Armstead Aug 2015 #2

I lost it too MuseRider Aug 2015 #4

Flashblock...try it. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #25

Thanks. MuseRider Aug 2015 #28

I went back to Internet Explorer... Archae Aug 2015 #72

I kinda like it MuseRider Aug 2015 #73

I agree, I used to understand that website owners needed to make a buck... Salviati Aug 2015 #26

This. Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #44

Adblock Plus works. uBlock or uBlock Origin works better. backscatter712 Aug 2015 #75

Agreed, less bloated with code too that can slow down your system. Ublock is great. Hestia Aug 2015 #80

Firefox is very, very simple to use and... Shandris Aug 2015 #3

I went to FF addons and said Adblock edge has been discontinued Armstead Aug 2015 #9

I just switched from ABP to uBlock - Firefox runs noticably faster and still no ads. BuckIA Aug 2015 #14

I installed Ad Blocl Plus Pop Up, am testing it out. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #41

It is a neverending cat and mouse game PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #5

Don't blame the programmers. DavidDvorkin Aug 2015 #6

They should tell their clients/bosses, "This is not going to be good for your site or business" Armstead Aug 2015 #10

They may well have done so DavidDvorkin Aug 2015 #11

Yep, GMTA lol. n/t hootinholler Aug 2015 #17

In those cases, you're right Armstead Aug 2015 #20

But it doesn't stand a very good chance of getting listened to. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #51

Exactly. we can do it Aug 2015 #66

That always works well - NEVER. They tell you what they want because they know everything. we can do it Aug 2015 #65

Then that would go under the second statement in the headline OP Armstead Aug 2015 #67

Not really because most sites bombard everyone with crap. we can do it Aug 2015 #69

^This x 1000 we can do it Aug 2015 #64

Adblock as mentioned above. Apple is about to screw Google and other ad spammers on mobile. onehandle Aug 2015 #7

I look forward to that. Armstead Aug 2015 #13

Good- I'm so tired of ads with a scripts that open the app store Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #21

Me too, recently. onehandle Aug 2015 #23

Sadly, this will only be on the browser, Safari. TM99 Aug 2015 #77

Well, since the sites are free, how do you expect them to pay.... Logical Aug 2015 #8

UM did you read my post all the way through? Please do. Armstead Aug 2015 #15

Ads are no longer just an annoyance. They are a security issue. NYC Liberal Aug 2015 #27

Is there a list somewhere of those safe ad networks? Armstead Aug 2015 #29

Do you use Adblock Plus? NYC Liberal Aug 2015 #34

Yeah, I work for a free newpaper, so I'm not unsympathetic to the value of ads Armstead Aug 2015 #36

Or if all commercials were like what TBS tried a few years ago: NYC Liberal Aug 2015 #37

Well another pet peeve is seeing three minutes of programming and five minutes of ads on TV... Armstead Aug 2015 #40

Ad Choices is the worst offender on mine. Jim Beard Aug 2015 #71

Armstead, you slobbered a bibfull lumpy Aug 2015 #12

Don't blame the programmers hootinholler Aug 2015 #16

If I were a carpenter, and a storeowner told me to install a door starting 5 feet from floor. Armstead Aug 2015 #18

And he would probably hire someone else to STFU and do what was asked. we can do it Aug 2015 #68

I'd demand a refund from all those free websites you're visiting... brooklynite Aug 2015 #19

I'm guessing you didn't read my OP all the way through either Armstead Aug 2015 #22

I really hate the "surveys" that cover news stories. AngryOldDem Aug 2015 #24

it sounds like you just tried going to Huffington Post Enrique Aug 2015 #30

They were pioners in this. I gave up on them long ago Armstead Aug 2015 #32

Ha good one but there are even way worse out there unfortunately. Person 2713 Aug 2015 #35

I won't open links to Huffpost, raw story and a few others. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2015 #39

There is adware out there that will do this every time Warpy Aug 2015 #31

Thanks. I have a brand new computer that's dog slow Armstead Aug 2015 #33

Firefox is great Warpy Aug 2015 #38

Also...Better Privacy from Mozilla shows you the hidden long lasting cookies dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #42

get a program called noscript (all one word) from noscript.net it blocks lots of bad stuff or msongs Aug 2015 #43

Adblock and disable Flash on your browser. I don't miss what valerief Aug 2015 #45

Update your HOSTS file and block all of them BlueStateLib Aug 2015 #46

I've been using a hosts file like that for years. lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #52

they also cheat Old Codger Aug 2015 #47

Just my opinion Quackers Aug 2015 #48

I may but this is usually confined to individual sites Armstead Aug 2015 #59

I use Pale Moon on my PCs. BarbaRosa Aug 2015 #49

I use multiple ad blockers. SeattleVet Aug 2015 #50

Yeah, a 60 second ad to see a 30 second clip Armstead Aug 2015 #58

It's all about the money, Lebowski. nt navarth Aug 2015 #53

There are some sites so bad FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #54

There's one with the "Worst Plastic Surgery" that creeps me out every time I see it Armstead Aug 2015 #57

Fucking Taboola. backscatter712 Aug 2015 #76

Let me guess.... browser looks like this? Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #55

Not quite that bad LOL Armstead Aug 2015 #56

At one point I was doing phone support and on more than one occasion has a caller like this Trekologer Aug 2015 #84

Pages these days are extremely heavy weight!!! uponit7771 Aug 2015 #60

LOL moondust Aug 2015 #61

It's become very common for a site to almost immediately pop-up a request that the visitor sign up Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2015 #62

Programmers are not morons. They only do what they are asked to do. we can do it Aug 2015 #63

I work in media...Perhaps I made too broad a generalization but... Armstead Aug 2015 #70

In the business, that's called the Door-Slam antipattern. backscatter712 Aug 2015 #74

Pop up or layered subscription requests. So called slide shows eg Ten Stars Who Live a Simple Life, Monk06 Aug 2015 #81

I keep hearing this more and more from people. herding cats Aug 2015 #78

I never see that shit. hunter Aug 2015 #79

I just downloaded adblock sorefeet Aug 2015 #82

Its not the programmers.. its the owners/ marketers. DCBob Aug 2015 #83