[brooksby]

I’m a subscriber, and ‘ad-free’ is ticked in my subscription settings, but for some reason my screen seems to be full of adverts today?  Anyone else having that?

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[brooksby]

That full page Malta one is a

That full page Malta one is a nightmare. I was looking at the site last night, not logged in, on an iPad and Safari suddenly popped up “Please rotate your device”. I did so, and the entire screen was taken over with the Malta slideshow and no way of closing it and getting back to the site.

As I’ve said before, using the site when logged in I see no ads (I’m a subscriber).

[Anonymous]

Just had a go in Chome and

Just had a go in Chome and here’s what I got, although in all fairness it did seem to be placed strategically over John Stevenson’s comments:

[Hirsute]

I have fixed it now. I was
I have fixed it now. I was trying to tick the box on my phone but after I swapped to the pc, it has remembered my option.

[CygnusX1]

Same. A “powered by

Same. A “powered by PEDALTRIPR” cycle touring ad on the right hand column.

[quiff]

Thanks. Work PC, so my

Thanks. Work PC, so my options are limited! 

[markieteeee]

I tend to avoid the google

I tend to avoid the google-sphere so can’t comment specifically but none of these issues arise on Safari or Firefox.  Firefox works everywhere, is free and also automatically blocks third-party and social tracking. I realise Chrome can also do this but with Firefox it’s by default, and if the left and bottom ads are spoiling your viewing then you could give it a go.  It’s a decent browser anyway, so maybe worth a try.

[Hirsute]

Now I am getting a cycle
Now I am getting a cycle touring advert on every page.
And least it is not a car.

[quiff]

The worst excesses of the

The worst excesses of the left hand panel are a problem in Chrome, but not Edge for me. The bottom banner covers the content regardless of browser.     

[markieteeee]

That would drive me nuts. Out

That would drive me nuts. Out of those I tend to only get the top right, which doesn’t go over any of the articles so it’s easily ignored.  Does it make any difference if you use a different browser?

 

[quiff]

The worst offender is the one

The worst offender is the one on the left hand side (Miele, in my example). That encroaching into the text is a relatively new development. Second most irritating is the one at bottom centre, which also reduces the amount of text visible. The rest I can easily tune out. But put it all together and there is a tiny scrolling window (no deeper than the author’s by-line in the example above) where I can actually see the full width of the content I come here for. Hoping at least some of this is an error.     

[markieteeee]

I’m not a subscriber but I

I’m not a subscriber but I don’t get a fraction of these. I definitely would give up if I had this level of ads.

[quiff]

ktache wrote:

It’s when they try and sell me Bentlys thet you realise that AI isn’t that particularly good.

I find it strangely comforting that ‘targeted’ ads are so wide of the mark. It’s either stuff I don’t want, or stuff I bought last week and won’t be buying again for [x] years (“oh, so you like washing machines? well check out these washing machines”).

[quiff]

Hi road.cc team. Is the non

Hi road.cc team. Is the non-subscription site meant to look like this? Or is this a way of persuading me to subscribe to get rid of ads? I know it’s how you fund the site, but the amount of space given to your actual content is ridiculous.

[ktache]

I had forgotten how clean it

I had forgotten how clean it looks without ads and how fast everything becomes.

[ktache]

That worked, Cheers.

That worked, Cheers.

A couple of days ago the bottom pop up started being about the Vuelta and GCN, at last something relevent.

It’s when they try and sell me Bentlys thet you realise that AI isn’t that particularly good.

[Author]

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