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So many ads on this forum

M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
in The potting shed
Is this forum financed by ads? The amount, and size of the adverts on both sides of my screen, click bait in the middle of the discussions lists leading to accidentally clicking on an ad etc is extraordinary  :o
I wish I could garden all year round!
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's why most folk install an ad blocker  :)
    Then it's just the spammers we have to deal with...
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's how it's paid for.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Yes, this site is funded by the adverts.
    I use AdBlock Plus on my windows PC and get no ads whatsoever.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    I don't have any ads on mine. When the screen pops up now and again regarding  cookies I always click on "reject all". Has worked for me so far as I found them overwhelming.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    B3 said:
    That's how it's paid for.
    I should have added that! It's also the reason spammers and chancers aren't welcome  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    I reject all the cookies - and the legitimate interest section as well - and never see any ads at all. Every few weeks, I go into the settings on my iPad and delete my browser history. Then when I next log into the forum, I do the reject cookies routine.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I use Incognito adblocker and see no ads at all.
  • Winston_The_Gravity_ManWinston_The_Gravity_Man Posts: 263
    @M33R4 I think you need to look into whatever browser you're using and its settings as mentioned in the other posts.  I have the forum pages running simultaneously on three devices ... Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Windows, and Silk on Amazon Kindle ... and, touch wood, not even a sniff of an advert !  

    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    Thanks for the tips everyone. I wrongly presumed this site was the BBC TV programme Gardener's World's own forum and my TV license would have gone towards it 😆
    I wish I could garden all year round!
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    KT53 said:
    I use Incognito adblocker and see no ads at all.
    Just switched to Google Incognito as you recommended 👌  thank you. 

    Safer than downloaded pop-up-blocking software which can come with safety issues of their own contrary to their purpose.
    I wish I could garden all year round!
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