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I got an ad overlay from the top of my screen, a growing banner from the bottom, and a fade-in pop-up over that. Within five seconds of loading the page, precis

I got an ad overlay from the top of my screen, a growing banner from the bottom, and a fade-in pop-up over that. Within five seconds of loading the page, precisely 0% of it remained unobscured.

shapefrog 5y ago
Yay. 2 free stories remaining.
c7DJTLrn 5y ago
For me the whole page is just some kind of abstract image captioned "MS Tech" with a tiny shred of the actual article at the bottom of my screen.
azalemeth 5y ago
Indeed. Fortunately, umatrix exists and is very helpful – I turned off cookies and scripts for the page, and all was good.
webmobdev 5y ago
That's the beauty of using Firefox + uBlock Origin on both your computer and non-ios mobile - you will completely avoid these kind of irritating annoyances, experience quicker loading and more responsive websites and save a lot of bandwidth. (On ios AdGuard does the same but is limited because of Safari. Google is also working to cripple ad-blocking on Chrome, so Firefox is currently the best browser to comprehensively avoid such ad-infestation and trackers online).
heavymark 5y ago
I’ve been using 1Blocker on Mac and iOS for years and every once in a great while I have it disabled temporarily and can’t believe people what people have to deal with where everything is covered in ads. Every once in a while some feature on a site doesn’t work so I click disable content blockers for that one page temporarily then all is good or can always just open up chrome for a particular site on those rare occasions.
- deleted 5y ago
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- codetrotter 5y ago
  I’m using AdGuard on iOS. Whereas 1Blocker only allows one type of filtering to be active at a time in the free version, AdGuard can block many things in Safari on iOS for free. Ads, trackers, social widgets, annoyances. All blocked for free by AdGuard.
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  1Blocker isn't even good, hasn't blocked YouTube ads for months now. I regret paying for it.
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    I moved to Wipr after being disappointed by changes in 1Blocker.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago
  It's shocking how borderline unusable websites can be. And it's all google ads.
AegirLeet 5y ago
Serious question: Why do you browse the web without an ad blocker? I can't imagine subjecting myself to that kind of torture.
- eganist 5y ago
  Edit: Replies are far more informed than I am. I'm using Firefox on Android for the reasons outlined in my original comment, preserved below --- > Serious question: Why do you browse the web without an ad blocker? I can't imagine subjecting myself to that kind of torture. As best as I know: doing this on mobile (assuming that's their platform) requires both: * a non-iOS device (Android basically) * a non-Chromium browser on said device (Firefox basically) That pairing is the only reason I can adblock on mobile. Not sure if things changed on Chrome or related browsers on Android, but as best as I remember, iOS and Android+Chrome aren't adblock-friendly.
  - creata 5y ago
    On iOS, there's AdGuard if you want to use Safari, and Firefox Focus if you don't.
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      Firefox focus blocks ads in Safari too. Any content blocker will work in Safari, as far as I know.
    - falcolas 5y ago
      FWIW, I use firefox focus in Firefox in iOS, and it didn’t stop one of the things the parent mentioned.
  - grlass 5y ago
    would need to subject oneself to the pushy notifications, whims of Brendan Eich, and the dubious approach of the BAT cryptocurrency [1], but the Chromium based Brave browser on Android has a built in ad-blocker. I think Opera might have one too. [1] <https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br...>
habibur 5y ago
Simply turn off Javascript and watch instantly all inaccessible pages become accessible with all ads and popups gone. The magic. The 90s HTML page.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  I recently put NoScript into a less-trust mode and manually enable sites and links if a webpage I want is broken. It is pretty amazing to auto-bypass paywalls, and how much faster sites load, that you can see how many external JavaScript sources there are on every site by default. It’s a little annoying when I realize that X or Y page doesn’t look or work right and need to adjust, then reload, maybe a couple times, but overall worth it! Magic is right.
littlecranky67 5y ago
I turned off adblock to check, this is madness. 2 slide ins (top & bottom) for upselling their paid subscriptions, instantly another overlay sliding in on the top about cookies, scrolling down just to try to bring the content up darkens the screen with another overlay asking for newsletter signup, briefly followed by a slide in from the right promoting some other product. All before seeing a single word of article content. If anybody every tells me using adblock would be unethical, this is my new goto site why I think the opposite.
- etc-hosts 5y ago
  I love newsletter signup modals. Always use "legal@oracle.com" edit: now I recommend privacy@chevron.com

I got an ad overlay from the top of my screen, a growing banner from the bottom, and a fade-in pop-up over that. Within five seconds of loading the page, precisely 0% of it remained unobscured.

shapefrog 5y ago

Yay. 2 free stories remaining.

c7DJTLrn 5y ago

For me the whole page is just some kind of abstract image captioned "MS Tech" with a tiny shred of the actual article at the bottom of my screen.

azalemeth 5y ago

Indeed. Fortunately, umatrix exists and is very helpful – I turned off cookies and scripts for the page, and all was good.

webmobdev 5y ago

That's the beauty of using Firefox + uBlock Origin on both your computer and non-ios mobile - you will completely avoid these kind of irritating annoyances, experience quicker loading and more responsive websites and save a lot of bandwidth. (On ios AdGuard does the same but is limited because of Safari. Google is also working to cripple ad-blocking on Chrome, so Firefox is currently the best browser to comprehensively avoid such ad-infestation and trackers online).

heavymark 5y ago

I’ve been using 1Blocker on Mac and iOS for years and every once in a great while I have it disabled temporarily and can’t believe people what people have to deal with where everything is covered in ads. Every once in a while some feature on a site doesn’t work so I click disable content blockers for that one page temporarily then all is good or can always just open up chrome for a particular site on those rare occasions.

deleted 5y ago
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codetrotter 5y ago
I’m using AdGuard on iOS. Whereas 1Blocker only allows one type of filtering to be active at a time in the free version, AdGuard can block many things in Safari on iOS for free. Ads, trackers, social widgets, annoyances. All blocked for free by AdGuard.
whywhywhywhy 5y ago
1Blocker isn't even good, hasn't blocked YouTube ads for months now. I regret paying for it.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  I moved to Wipr after being disappointed by changes in 1Blocker.
FridayoLeary 5y ago
It's shocking how borderline unusable websites can be. And it's all google ads.

AegirLeet 5y ago

Serious question: Why do you browse the web without an ad blocker? I can't imagine subjecting myself to that kind of torture.

eganist 5y ago
Edit: Replies are far more informed than I am. I'm using Firefox on Android for the reasons outlined in my original comment, preserved below --- > Serious question: Why do you browse the web without an ad blocker? I can't imagine subjecting myself to that kind of torture. As best as I know: doing this on mobile (assuming that's their platform) requires both: * a non-iOS device (Android basically) * a non-Chromium browser on said device (Firefox basically) That pairing is the only reason I can adblock on mobile. Not sure if things changed on Chrome or related browsers on Android, but as best as I remember, iOS and Android+Chrome aren't adblock-friendly.
- creata 5y ago
  On iOS, there's AdGuard if you want to use Safari, and Firefox Focus if you don't.
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    Firefox focus blocks ads in Safari too. Any content blocker will work in Safari, as far as I know.
  - falcolas 5y ago
    FWIW, I use firefox focus in Firefox in iOS, and it didn’t stop one of the things the parent mentioned.
- grlass 5y ago
  would need to subject oneself to the pushy notifications, whims of Brendan Eich, and the dubious approach of the BAT cryptocurrency [1], but the Chromium based Brave browser on Android has a built in ad-blocker. I think Opera might have one too. [1] <https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br...>

habibur 5y ago

Simply turn off Javascript and watch instantly all inaccessible pages become accessible with all ads and popups gone. The magic. The 90s HTML page.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
I recently put NoScript into a less-trust mode and manually enable sites and links if a webpage I want is broken. It is pretty amazing to auto-bypass paywalls, and how much faster sites load, that you can see how many external JavaScript sources there are on every site by default. It’s a little annoying when I realize that X or Y page doesn’t look or work right and need to adjust, then reload, maybe a couple times, but overall worth it! Magic is right.

littlecranky67 5y ago

I turned off adblock to check, this is madness. 2 slide ins (top & bottom) for upselling their paid subscriptions, instantly another overlay sliding in on the top about cookies, scrolling down just to try to bring the content up darkens the screen with another overlay asking for newsletter signup, briefly followed by a slide in from the right promoting some other product. All before seeing a single word of article content. If anybody every tells me using adblock would be unethical, this is my new goto site why I think the opposite.

etc-hosts 5y ago
I love newsletter signup modals. Always use "legal@oracle.com" edit: now I recommend privacy@chevron.com