I know to expect some ads when i go to a newspaper article

or even routine click-bait, but it's getting out of hand. Some articles are impossible to read because the print keeps jumping around to accommodate a new ad popping up at the top of the screen. Others try to load so many video ads that it locks up my machine!

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I know to expect some ads when i go to a newspaper article (Original post)	hedgehog	Dec 2015	OP
Was just thinking about that, some news website practically begged me to close it.	Rex	Dec 2015	#1
It doesn't take too long before you get conditioned never to click on those sites again.	enough	Dec 2015	#2
Some newspapers will kill the ads if you buy a subscription.	Buzz Clik	Dec 2015	#3
I installed AdBlock.	SamKnause	Dec 2015	#4
I blacklist sites that do it, just in case I accidentally click on links to them again.	hunter	Dec 2015	#5
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2015	#6
The internet is not functional without Adblock! I can't manage at all without it....	underahedgerow	Dec 2015	#13
Particularly loathsome are the ones that cover the screen so you cant see it until	shraby	Dec 2015	#7
it is	Old Codger	Dec 2015	#8
uBlock Origin and NoScript on Firefox	SwankyXomb	Dec 2015	#9
That is great, take the profit away from the website. Nt	Logical	Dec 2015	#11
Well unless you subscribe to the website how do you expect them to pay the bills? Nt	Logical	Dec 2015	#10
It amazes me how many people here are too clueless to understand the site....	Logical	Dec 2015	#12
Yes but they need to figure out a way to do it without it making their websites unusable	justiceischeap	Dec 2015	#14
Just what i think! The ads pay the freight, but they shouldn't block the road!	hedgehog	Dec 2015	#16
I agree, but people are free to ignore the website. Instead they bypass it and get it for free. nt	Logical	Dec 2015	#17
I know! It is horrible. But I know they have to pay the bills. I have begun to pay	Liberal_in_LA	Dec 2015	#15

Response to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Dec 31, 2015, 12:39 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

1. Was just thinking about that, some news website practically begged me to close it.

Just to much crap popping up while I am reading and to many floaty ads for car insurance and russian brides.

I know to expect some ads when i go to a newspaper article

1. Was just thinking about that, some news website practically begged me to close it.

2. It doesn't take too long before you get conditioned never to click on those sites again.

3. Some newspapers will kill the ads if you buy a subscription.

4. I installed AdBlock.

5. I blacklist sites that do it, just in case I accidentally click on links to them again.

13. The internet is not functional without Adblock! I can't manage at all without it....

7. Particularly loathsome are the ones that cover the screen so you cant see it until

8. it is

9. uBlock Origin and NoScript on Firefox

11. That is great, take the profit away from the website. Nt

10. Well unless you subscribe to the website how do you expect them to pay the bills? Nt

12. It amazes me how many people here are too clueless to understand the site....

14. Yes but they need to figure out a way to do it without it making their websites unusable

16. Just what i think! The ads pay the freight, but they shouldn't block the road!

17. I agree, but people are free to ignore the website. Instead they bypass it and get it for free. nt

15. I know! It is horrible. But I know they have to pay the bills. I have begun to pay