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[anonymous-user]

So, any update on this really cheap tacky click bait being removed?

It's a very sad state of affairs for Haymarket if they can't attract a more upmarket kind of sponsor.

[eybic]

digimeistter said:

So, any update on this really cheap tacky click bait being removed?

It's a very sad state of affairs for Haymarket if they can't attract a more upmarket kind of sponsor.

Bottom of page 5.

[Peanut Gallery]

Just to say Adblock Plus does work for this sponsored content on Firefox on a desktop.

I have stopped the adblocker on some other sites as the ads were not intrusive and this is after all how they make cash.

I have not been able to remove the sponsored content on my phone (not overly worried, do not spend much time there) - so when the sponsored content is removed from here I can stop the adblocker!

[richatnort]

Yes it's completely stopped on my desktop on Chrome when you un-tick the some adverts.

Again if you're using Safari on your iphone then Cyrstal Add blocker on the app store worked for safari.

[kmpowell]

Install 'Adblock Plus; https://adblockplus.org ...

... then in settings, ensure you untick the "Allow some non-intrusive advertising " box.

Job jobbed.

[thetapeworm]

Funk said:

Yep, install direct from Blokada. Or try Brave browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....

https://brave.com/

Brave has done the trick, cheers.

[anonymous-user]

eybic said:

digimeistter said:

So, any update on this really cheap tacky click bait being removed?

It's a very sad state of affairs for Haymarket if they can't attract a more upmarket kind of sponsor.

Bottom of page 5.

What a POS!

[marksx]

Someone make a sticky of the best adblockers for all platforms

[stuartmmcfc]

marksx said:

Someone make a sticky of the best adblockers for all platforms

I’d be more interested to see a list of people who’d actually seen the ads, thought “that looks interesting” and actually clicked on one.

[dhutch]

I was going to say, it's not the adverts, but how appalling they are.

Also, because the 'next unread post' thing doesn't work, you often do a lot scrolling and click next/previous which are now not at the bottom of the page.

Add that to the adverts mid thread, it's becoming increasingly unusable. This will just drive people away.

Daniel

[thetapeworm]

stuartmmcfc said:

I’d be more interested to see a list of people who’d actually seen the ads, thought “that looks interesting” and actually clicked on one.

Allow me:

[marksx]

dhutch said:

I was going to say, it's not the adverts, but how appalling they are.

Also, because the 'next unread post' thing doesn't work, you often do a lot scrolling and click next/previous which are now not at the bottom of the page.

Add that to the adverts mid thread, it's becoming increasingly unusable. This will just drive people away.

Daniel

Yep, it's getting to be a right pain in the tits on a mobile.

[dhutch]

marksx said:

Yep, it's getting to be a right pain in the tits on a mobile.

So toss. I mainly browse in on my phone and it's seriously pooh.

Daniel

[WinstonWolf]

Aargh, I've just browsed PH without adblock. What a clusterfk

[BrabusMog]

^^what is that?

[mickk]

Is that all the st your system has blocked?

[Funk]

That's uBlock Origin highlighting the ads and tracking that's going on on the page.

To those on Android who want some blocking, try Brave browser which I linked to yesterday (might work with iOS too, I don't know).

[pidsy]

IT dept here have just added PistonHeads to the list of banned sites on our PC’s.

Too spammy apparently.

[anonymous-user]

pidsy said:

IT dept here have just added PistonHeads to the list of banned sites on our PC’s.

Too spammy apparently.

Doesn't surprise me, suspect a lot will looking at all that data above

[shakotan]

pidsy said:

IT dept here have just added PistonHeads to the list of banned sites on our PC’s.

Too spammy apparently.

So that's a slow clap for the PH decision makers.

Congratulations, you are reducing traffic to your website.