Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
I do use an ad-blocker, but I also make a point of using the amazon link... so...
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Perfidious Albion
Well-known member
I said 'no' because I don't on the tablet , which I normally use on here . I do have one on the P C ,which is great even though the Argus puts up a negative notice all the time. I rarely come here on it .
GT49er
Well-known member
Haven't done anything about blocking ads - wouldn't know how. All I get is a small ad. at the top of the page and a larger one at the bottom, so it isn't a problem anyway.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
I block ads pretty much everywhere except NSC.
I"d probably pay a small sub to block them here too.
I"d probably pay a small sub to block them here too.
Come on Bozza, a subscription NSC1901, you know you want to! A limit of only one thread start per month if not paying and 25 comments, what's not to like!
..... and free tea!
..... and free tea!
Shropshire Seagull
Well-known member
1p per post, backdated to 2003.
I owe £57
BG owes £600
fair?
I despise adverts while browsing but have developed a knack of ignoring them. Mind, when those full screen ads appeared, I was not happy. And if NSC ever started those auto-play videos I would install ad-block
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- #68
I was interested to see the impact, if any, of this thread.
So far today 9.8% of pages have ads blocked.
It's not been below 10% any time in the last month. Yesterday was 11.4%.
middletoenail
Well-known member
Other than you doing away with Tapatalk, I'm guessing that there is nothing that you can do if they remove the ads on their end?
Also, when I pay my 3.99 (or whatever it was) does NSC get a cut?
Sent from my SM-G9350 using Tapatalk
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I don't know how but i would block them, bleeding irritating.
I would go with what ever our leader wants to do, as long as it not to endorse APPLE all the time.
I would go with what ever our leader wants to do, as long as it not to endorse APPLE all the time.
Jimmehh
Well-known member
I just whitelisted NSC on mine... hadn't thought about it tbf
I block ads on my phone simply because sites can't be trusted to not make a million calls and request a ton of junk data that's not necessary to view the page. It canes mobile data usage for things that aren't neccesary. Not talking about NSC here, but I find it amusing that a lot of sites way round this is to block users rather than offer a better experience. As someone who runs 2 websites though, I get that it's sometimes difficult to control what a going on with ads in the background and I've largely accepted that there will always be some people who use Adblock and tbh, fair play to them.
Until site owners adjust their practices the Adblock on my phone will be staying on. I will whitelist NSC in a moment though and give it a spin. I maintain a whitelist on my pc and NSC is on that already.
As an aside, bozza how did you get those figures for % of users using Adblock? I've never looked into it for my own sites. I suspect it would be low, as my demographic is not one you'd associate with being tech savvy, but would love to see hard figures.
Until site owners adjust their practices the Adblock on my phone will be staying on. I will whitelist NSC in a moment though and give it a spin. I maintain a whitelist on my pc and NSC is on that already.
As an aside, bozza how did you get those figures for % of users using Adblock? I've never looked into it for my own sites. I suspect it would be low, as my demographic is not one you'd associate with being tech savvy, but would love to see hard figures.
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Nice one thanks. I'll have a look when I get home. I largely don't care about people blocking my ads but I'm definitely curious. I might end up caring lol.
Surrey Seagull
New member
I use Tapatalk and find the ads unobtrusive
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- #76
£3.99 to Tapatalk? Nope - it all goes to them.
I've become less keen on Tapatalk, although I use it all the time myself because of the lack of control. They had begun adding a lot of ads into the product recently although, curiously, there doesn't seem to be any right now, and that's nothing I've done.
Surrey Seagull
New member
So you get none of the ad revenue from Tapatalk? If so, I can understand where you're coming from.
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It's currently cashflow positive month on month, yes.
But if everyone blocked ads then there wouldn't be an NSC as it stands.
There's your answer.