No, MN, I will not disable my ad block

Seems if you use the app you don't get the ad blocker

I don't know about adverts, but the media sure likes forcing talentless celebs in our faces to dumb down society. They kept saying Kim Kardashian broke the internet with her nked pictures, but when I tried to read real news, her pictures were taking up half the page. Or they keep telling us to see tattoo necked washed up footballers and their orange wives as the ultimate in style and class.

Will a browser that has more privacy such as Tor Browser work with MN?

When adverts make a site unreadable, then the site is doomed because readers will just go. Look at what Reach plc did to local papers (popups, sliding ads, flashing adverts, stupid intrusive videos you can't get rid of...) You'd have to be insane to tolerate that rubbish. Static ads are fine provided they don't obscure the text. I think subscription is the answer, but subscription has to be at a low enough level - for example the price of a cup of coffee once a month is fine (unless coffee gets unaffordable!), while £10 would make lots of people think twice.

That's horrific! Who wants to look at blatant , screen sized ads?

It's sheer greed.

I loathe and detest ads when they are smashed into the viewer's face like that, and it turns me OFF a product.

Adblockers have become so prevalent as advertisers have got greedier.

Fed up of being bullied over everything these days.
This is just another example.
As someone else said "we are creating the content and interest to this site".
Everything is about money and greed.
No, not having it.
Spent a very pleasant hour browsing the internet without the pressures of being on Mumsnet.

Thank you!

Not if you block it under hide distracting objects in the search bar if on an iphone/ipad.

May also be on android I have no idea.

But unless you disable
you just keep getting the message to disable
so in a way - doesn’t leave any choice @Thegreatestoftheseislove

There isn't a website out there i will disable my ad block for. I'm not about to risk a website allowing through an ad that puts spyware on my computer, when i use paypal with all my credit cards etc that they could gain access to. As a disabled person that has no choice to buy most of my everyday stuff online as i can't just go out to the shops, it's not worth it.
Most websites don't employ the staff to rigorously check the safety of every single ad they put out, so if my personal data isn't a priority to them, then their profits from ads certainly isn't a priority to me!

@wandawaves try Brave. So far no issue but it may not stay that way.

But will they stop this annoying mumsnet pop up? Because i currently use one but I'm getting the pop up to disable it...

@wandawaves there are browsers that will do what you want :)

@BeckyAMumsnet seeing as I didn't get a relevant email reply, are you able to assist please? I don't want to disable my ad blocker due to the hideously intrusive ads that you allow constantly on this site. I also don't want to pay a premium subscription for a not-premium website. Any tips?

And another...it takes up the whole of the screen

This is the screen on my phone...happens over and over to the point of wanting to hoy my phone out the window . I have to wait whilst it loads before I can scroll on and it is a bloody pain

My issue is I have have issues reading on screen without being distracted. The ads I see on here tend to be dynamic so my eye is drawn to them which makes the browsing experience harder and less enjoyable. As I'm on here for enjoyment it stops being a place to spend time. I also hate allowing cookies and MN won't allow me to reject them, unlike many other sites.

i use ublock no problem

Have the number of ads increased since putting in the update. I had 7 on the last page. Seems excessive.

Or you could do proper testing, and not rely on users to report highly obvious issues?

I think the drive for profits is a mega turn-off, when you aren't providing basic functionality. Consider it an investment in retaining users.

I started getting that pop-up yesterday and it's driving me crazy. So far I'm just pressing 'continue' and using the back button, but I'm getting over it.

Most annoyingly, on the pop-up where it says 'contact support', I actually filled this out, saying that I do not wish to disable my ad-blocker nor do I wish to pay for a subscription, but I do want to continue using the site.
I got a reply via email... with instructions on how to disable my ad-blocker, and how to subscribe/pay for premium. 🙄

No issues so far using a browser that blocks it all. Kind of reticent to say which in case they develop a work-around 😆 I'm not a big time user, I'm just ill today and dossing around/hugging the new foster dog. But I have a TV and a remote control and podcasts and crafts and oh yeah, other forums, and I won't even think about this place if I can never use it again.

There's around half a dozen a page on my phone. But they never open up to fill the page. I can scroll past like most sites. Is it my settings? I confess my techy son sets up new phones for me and I pay for esed annually for peace of mind.

This is how many trackers and threats have been stopped by using an ad blocker- A friend just sent a copy the data from her family laptop

The trackers and threats are alarming.

If I were to pay for mumsnet I would want it to be better organised, managed and monitored. In its present state it's a shambles and not something I would spend money on.