No, MN, I will not disable my ad block

[IroningThrone]

The pop up is ridiculous and is making the site unusable. I've had to click to dismiss it several times just trying to post this.

Fix the ads so they're not massive and intrusive and maybe I'll consider turning it off.

You do not have a choice anymore

read the HQ update

Same. I use safari and it’s “block distracting features” to get rid of it.

Fed up of soooooo many ads.

it only allows a few times of clicking then you have to.. I'm leaving the site now due to it, Made it unusable for me now so no point staying anymore.

No, nor will I. If I can't view, then tu da lu Mumsnet!

Same here

I do.

I'll just stop using the site.

Well, we do. The choice is to delete the account and no longer use Mumsnet. 🤷‍♂️. Or, start paying (nope, that's not gonna happen).

Yes well that is patently obvious

but we are talking specifically about the disablement of ad blockers

glad you finally understood!

But let’s face it…. No one saying they will cease to ever use mumsnet again, will actually follow through

name changes galore on the horizon

The type of mumsnetters to be so irritated by this, is precisely the mumsnetter that likely spend quite a bit of time on mumsnet! 😂

I agree, very annoying. I have a block on the ads and if I have to remove it I will totally leave the site.
It isn't just the ads, it's the 'cookies' which come with them, harvesting data and I want the choice to reject cookies. MN isn't the only site to do this, I have noticed others on the internet....if I exercise my choice to reject cookies, I can't proceed unless I pay up or give them my email and data consent.
No, I just don't proceed. I take great care to leave as small a digital footprint as possible and I do not want to be part of some bloody marketing thing, so goodbye......

Are we going to get another cringey “help us keep the lights on” begging post?

Oh shit. I'm autistic and can't cope with autoplay videos and things that jiggle and flicker.

Nope, I'm done. Been posting sporadically for a while and tbh can put the time to better use.

Some won't have a choice. If we allow ads the ads are so huge they cover the screen and won't go so it will be pointless even trying.

You are funny! You made an incorrect statement about not having a choice. It was correctly pointed out to you that, yes, we do have a choice. So actually, ner, ner, na, ner, ner, re your unwarranted and puerile 'finally understood' missive - I am rubber, you are glue; bounces off me and sticks to you. 😁

I was wondering what to give up for Lent. Now I conveniently have the answer - Mumsnet!

So thank you, MNHQ.

The reason I was using an ad blocker was because of the spam McAffee pop up which people have been reporting on and off since about October.

Disabled the ad blocker yesterday, got the pop up again. I don't object to advertising per se. It's a necessary evil. I do object to scam sites covering the screen and telling me my computer is infected

Sorry, can't find it behind the massive Give Us Your Data message.

There's a thread in site stuff about it.

I find it really cheeky all the new rules they're bringing in, whilst there don't appear to be any updates that actually benefit the users.

I'll just stop using MN then, I don't want to see ads and don't want to be bullied into it. I'd rather just not bother

There’s going to be SO many name changes in the coming weeks!

The thing with forced ads or pay- per- view on other sites is that you're paying for their content. But with Mumsnet, we're the ones making the content 🤔.

I don't know if everyone gets the same ads, but ones I get are horribly obtrusive. They slide up and cover the whole page.

i made a comment about the impact on disabled posters on the Site Stuff thread.. feel free to go quote rply it.