Yeah, I was accepting this on my phone for some time. Support website, bla bla bla... But it is so annoying, it covers navigation, to get navigation pane I now need to scroll all posts back to the top. But I waited, had hope admins will manage something. 5 minutes ago turned on Huawei browser native ad block and voila! No ads, stupid Google! Watch them yourself! Greedy intrusive Google goblins will get nothing from me!
That seems to add confirmation that it is exclusive to Stratics, either in their host or their software. Occam's Razor: If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, smells like a duck and the admins deny it is a duck, it might be a duck....
community.stratics.com
the first few days that this started,
Ublock origin works for PCs using chrome. You may have not turned it on.
I activated this from the Chrome Web Store and ads are gone.
That’s because when we did the crowd funding campaign your donation level basically gave you a lifetime “Stratics Pro” subscription, you’ll not see ads.
Sooo, what you seem to be saying is "it's not worth the time or effort to see if your idea is worthwhile"? Okay, but there were plenty of instances in my 40 years of IT where a weird solution was actually the solution.
No, this is saying that I use Chrome. Chrome is what I use. I will not be forced to change my browser because one single site is using addware that specifically targets Chrome. Eventually I will find another option but changing my browser for one site is like changing my car because one street I use has flashing lights and adds that target the make and model of my car. I just wish Stratics would own up to what they did and stop denying it. Of course it is possible that the admins don't actually know or understand that either the host or the software platform changed something. But you can only give someone the benefit of the doubt for so long when multiple people are having the same issue ad it started around the same time for all of them.
There are only two staff members who even have the capability to change the ads, and one is never around anymore. Something accidental is possible I guess, but I can pretty much guarantee that one guy isn’t actively looking for ways to put annoying ads on the site and then cover it up. The rest of us can’t admit to anything because it’s not even within our power to do it in the first place.
Thanks for that. I have contended this whole time that it could be one of a few different things. It sounds like with your statement it is now either something the Host implemented or something the Forum Software was updated to. Generally when the Software is updated they send out a list of all of the changes. This can be a very long bit of information and some changes can be lost in all the wordage in this. My suspicion is that somewhere in the Customer side of the Forum Software they have added this 'pop-up' and it probably has a radio button or checkbox that was set to enable automatically. If I had time I suppose I could analyze the code and see who is benefitting from the adds but if you are saying it isn't Stratics then it is most likely the Host or the Software. Of course this is just my opinion. I in no way have any ill will toward Stratics. I have been a member of the UO part from the beginning. Not the same account but I have been here.
UBlock Origin works with Chrome.
I use Chrome and don't get any ads, although I use uBlock origin.
There it is in all its glory!
Must be targeted ads
You only need 1 app. U Block Origin then delete the rest.
