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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : The Backshed Advertising, new behaviour
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atmega8 Guru  Joined: 19/11/2013 Location: GermanyPosts: 722 |
Hello, it's really very annoying that you (since some days) get advertising before you even can read an article. isn't that going a bit too far? Ok, Money makes the world go around......  Edited 2023-05-30 22:05 by atmega8 |
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Geoffg Guru Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3194 |
Yes, I agree... very much in your face. Normal advertising is fine (I have AdBlock turned off for TBS) but pop up ads are a step too far. I just hope that advertisers pay an extra HUGE amount for them. And don't get me started on animated ads. Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Yep I've noticed them as well. Google is like that, they will introduce a new "feature", and its up tp you to turn it off if you dont like it. Done. Those popup ads should be gone. Lets see what they come up with next. I've been tempted many times to get rid of all the ads, but they make about $100 to $150 a month which pays for the server hosting, so they stay. But that popup was especially annoying. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| atmega8 Guru Joined: 19/11/2013 Location: GermanyPosts: 722 |
In Germoney approx. 5-10€ per month. |
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| atmega8 Guru Joined: 19/11/2013 Location: GermanyPosts: 722 |
Thank you for turning off!  |
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andreas Senior Member  Joined: 07/12/2020 Location: GermanyPosts: 207 |
Hello atmega8, did you mean ads in this forum or somewhere else? I ask because I don't see any ads.#  I'm using a raspberry pi 4 as adguard-home dns-blocking filter. The installation was simple: sudo apt install snapd sudo snap install adguard-home Then you can login the admin page on http://localhost:3000 I told my router to give the raspberry pi address to the DHCP clients as their DNS - so all clients connecting to the router get the adguad-home dns answers - even smart phones or other devices. The adguard-home can use ready made filter lists or you can create your own entries simply by clicking on the logfile entries to block them. A similar tool is https://pi-hole.net/ but I have no special knowledge about that software. https://snapcraft.io/adguard-home -andreas |
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Plasmamac Guru Joined: 31/01/2019 Location: GermanyPosts: 554 |
Thx for delete this annoying feature . maybe create a Coffe Donate Button to cover some costs. Plasma |
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hitsware2 Guru Joined: 03/08/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 713 |
No ads here ( Raspberry Pi 4 ( also ) ) .... ( no ' ad guard ' ) Probably confined to Windows ? my site |
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| atmega8 Guru Joined: 19/11/2013 Location: GermanyPosts: 722 |
Read the threads before. Gizmo has fixed it on his Webserver. |
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stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
I get lots of young women in under ware...it's distracting but .... |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6798 |
There's a"d" on the end, Stan. "Backshed", not "Backshe". ;) (Just me being silly as usual... :) ) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| atmega8 Guru Joined: 19/11/2013 Location: GermanyPosts: 722 |
Very interesting. Same to me! |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
All I see is ads for cars and Arduino stuff. It depends on what you google  The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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Quazee137 Guru Joined: 07/08/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 571 |
Keep the ads as when they change someone here will let you know and you'll handle it. If later you need to lose the ads put up a donate button. At a few other sites I check out have a paypal button. Not sure if it cost them. TBS and a few other forums are the only form of social media I engage in. Keep up the GREAT work as without the TBS I may not have found MMBasic and all the fellow graybeards and the few that are not. Making my retirement alive and full of FUN. Learning keeps me young.  Quazee137  |
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LucV Regular Member  Joined: 19/02/2023 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 62 |
My web-browser is Firefox and I had no idea what you were talking about. No advertisements on Firefox. So I opened the Backshed forum on Chrome and there they were....... Tried Bing and there they were....... Seems that Firefox does not display them for one reason or another. Oh and I do not use an addblocker, I never do. Keep in mind that advertising might be annoying but it ensures that I can use services like Google Search, Gmail, Drive etc etc etc for free. The only place where it is getting annoying is while playing Youtube. Luc's tech Blog |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2129 |
I use opera but google search  |
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| Plasmamac Guru Joined: 31/01/2019 Location: GermanyPosts: 554 |
HI, after searching a while in the forum by using the search function i installed an adblocker because around 75% from the screen full with ads.  i hope he find a better solution Edited 2023-06-06 13:40 by Plasmamac Plasma |
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