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.

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.

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

i use ublock no problem

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.

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

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

@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?

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

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

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!

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

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.

Thank you!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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