by "MAXIMUMVRM" (maximumvrm)
Published 06/15/2017 at 12:25
by "MAXIMUMVRM" (maximumvrm)
Published 06/15/2017 at 12:25
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STARS: 17
Anyone else sick of this. On mobile, which is where I read it, it happens every time for the past few days. Even when I click an article bam it’s back. Then when I go back to main page there it is again. I understand advertising pays blah blah blah ya it’s only 5 seconds blah blah blah buts it’s fucking so annoying I’m about to boycott jalop5secnik
"Svend" (svend)
06/15/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 0
I don’t get that on mine but if I scroll down through the articles, it’ll place an ad between them. It’s a PITA but not too bad.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
06/15/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 13
The worst part for me is that the scripting of those stupid ads often cause Chrome to hang, so that 5 second wait is often 10 seconds or 15 seconds.
If you’re going to force time-based ads upon people at least code them right.
"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
06/15/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 3
Holy shit. I was literally just about to post to complain about this same thing. It used to be a few times a day which I could deal with. Today it’s every fucking time. Completely unnecessary.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
06/15/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 0
#1, something new has been added to a long list of reasons I generally ignore the FP. #2, ad is inaccurate. Last I checked I didn’t drive a sports car.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/15/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 7
lol people still read Jalopnik?
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
06/15/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 4
“5 seconds” is not 5 seconds. It has to load. Then it has to load the regular page. And anyway, 5 seconds when you’re in a situation where you’re browsing the internet on your phone? It’s an eternity.
"Azrek" (azrek)
06/15/2017 at 12:44, STARS: 2
My favorite are the News websites that demand I load in cookies or removed Adblocking before I read the article.
Nope...I will do a cache search or keyword search and goto a site that doesn’t care.
"David Baker" (mark7lsc1)
06/15/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 2
I just downloaded an ad blocker for the first time in my life because of this. I’ve always looked at ads as payment for content. But, this goes far beyond into obnoxious territory. Every freaking refresh/new page, really?!
"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
06/15/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 3
This is why I don’t visit the Gawker websites when I’m not at home.
The ads that show up alongside articles on mobile eat up a lot of battery to begin with. Then, to make matters worse, they have those ads that play like a muted video or something, then disappear after thirty seconds and all the text on the page shifts up, throwing me off my reading pace. Lastly, I lose my shit when I see the timed 5 seconds ads.
"victor" (victor)
06/15/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 0
On IPhone, I use 2 blockers in safari. On Firefox (Android) and Edge (Windows), I use ublock origin.
Lesson: use Firefox on Android and Ublock or iPhone and an ad blocker.
Fuck Ads. Fuck chrome. I haven’t seen an intrusive ad in at least a year.
"TheVicious" (TheVicious)
06/15/2017 at 13:16, STARS: 1
*Cough, cough, Forbes, cough...
"Vítor" (vitorcesar)
06/15/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0
That is one of the reasons I started using the Samsung Browser, which allows ad blockers, instead of Chrome on my smartphone. Surfing the internet has been breeze since then
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
06/15/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 1
And since I’m not on an unlimited data plan I now don’t go to any Gawkmodo sites during the day, and only occasionally at night when I remember and not slavishly as I did in the past.
Kinda backfired on ‘em, eh?
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
06/15/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 0
Yup, sick of it, but of course the powers that be just say “This is how they pay us and keep it free for you so no complaining!”