pop ups

[Laurasea]

right now when I'm on tge forums pop up video box dds happens every few seconds

 

[LaManuka]

I'm sorry Laura, I'm not seeing any pop up boxes at my end. Is there any chance at all you can get a screen shot?

 

[Owlet]

Yeah I'm getting it too, it's really annoying. It does it on mobile but since I have adblocker on PC it just pulls up a buffering bar but not the video itself so its just constantly there.

 

[Owlet]

It scrolls with you too. Once the video ends it goes away but not even 30 seconds later another pops up

 

[LaManuka]

Yeah I'm getting it too, it's really annoying. It does it on mobile but since I have adblocker on PC it just pulls up a buffering bar but not the video itself so its just constantly there.

I'm looking via my phone as well but not seeing anything - mind you I'm in Australia!

Owlet, any chance you can screen shot what you're seeing??

EDIT: see your screenshot now thank you

 

[Laurasea]

Ots tecovas boots and shoes is going on now how screen shot?

 

[LaManuka]

Ots tecovas boots and shoes is going on now how screen shot?

Never mind Laura, Owlet did one for me

I'll pass this on to Admin, and if anyone else is experiencing this can you please also send a screenshot so they can look into it for us? Thank you

 

[Laurasea]

Yes mine says add choices too

 

[Jexnell]

There was an Android update was it today or yesterday I forgot, anyways maybe it turned your phones addblocker off?

 

[Ma2s]

I can confirm this on iPhone’s Safari as well

 

[HeatherG]

Ugh…I’ve got it too. I try to turn it off with the x in upper left hand corner and if I don’t click just right a whole ad page opens up.

I flipping hate ads….

 

[Rozalka]

I'm on PC, I have adblocker - and adds
Hopefully on PC it's not so annoying at least yet

Note: I checked and the addblocker is still on.

 

[SailBoat]

Likely something resides at the user end as not everyone is seeing it. It will be interesting to see what Admin has to say.

Just my two cents, NOTE: It is alway important to clear your History File at a minimum of once per day as Web Bots and Spiders can provide assess to your device, which can result in Pop-ups. I clear history every time I complete using one of my search engines like Bing, etc. Also, attempt to move away from Google as they are ripe with Web Bots and Spiders, plus their own tracking devices.

 

[Rozalka]

Likely something resides at the user end as not everyone is seeing it. It will be interesting to see what Admin has to say.

or maybe it depends on what search engine we use?

 

[BirdyBee]

Attempt to move away from Google as they are ripe with Web Bots and Spiders, plus their own tracking devices.

I use Google/Chrome, is that a bad thing?

 

[SailBoat]

or maybe it depends on what search engine we use?

That is really true!! Shifting to a user friendly search engine is strongly recommended Google is by design 'Not' as they are hungry for our data and use it to sell advertising pop-ups.

 

[SailBoat]

I use Google/Chrome, is that a bad thing?

IMHO, they are the worst!

 

[Rozalka]

I use Google/Chrome, is that a bad thing?

I don't believe that any search engine is bad - each one has pros and cons. For example - I've already heard how somebody said that Chrome is the best and now Sailboat says, it's the worst. Honestly, personally I don't really care about such opinions... it's impossible to listen to everybody because everybody has different opinion and prob it depends on which category we're talking about (eg how fast, how safe etc)

 

[SailBoat]

I don't believe that any search engine is bad - each one has pros and cons. For example - I've already heard how somebody said that Chrome is the best and now Sailboat says, it's the worst. Honestly, personally I don't really care about such opinions... it's impossible to listen to everybody because everybody has different opinion and prob it depends on which category we're talking about (eg how fast, how safe etc)

I stated my position based on the way specific search engines 'use' the data individuals create while using their product. Both Google and Crome are very open about their use of Client Data and require extensive effort by the user to have them stop.

 

[BirdyBee]

I've just read up about some privacy concerns in Google😬 what are some alternatives?

I mean, I have a Gmail account and I use it on many sites... 🤷‍♀️

Sorry Laura that we hijacked your thread...

If any of you wish to discuss this further, maybe making a new thread is better IMO.