We need to do something about Mobile Ads!

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Ads in bloody every thread, get rid of them, fucken ridiculous now.
 

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This is a joke. I dont come to the forums as much because of this shit.

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The most annoying thing at present is that I try to navigate to another page and it's redirecting to a full page advert between pages on the kennel. It doesn't happen on any site but this one.
 

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I will see if I can have a word to the site owners. I agree, the ads on mobile are crazy. I mostly try to use my computer with adblock.
 

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FYI Wipr works beautifully on both mobile and desktop. The only disadvantage is you have to disable it to play video on selected sites including the Dogs and NRL websites - so if you don’t mind taking a few seconds to disable and re-enable it as needed, I find it to be a great solution across the board.
 

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FYI Wipr works beautifully on both mobile and desktop. The only disadvantage is you have to disable it to play video on selected sites including the Dogs and NRL websites - so if you don’t mind taking a few seconds to disable and re-enable it as needed, I find it to be a great solution across the board.
I'll have to look into it. On my last phone I installed some form of ad blocker and was never able to watch another video from the official Bulldogs site because I couldn't find the ad blocker to uninstall or disable it.
 

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I'll have to look into it. On my last phone I installed some form of ad blocker and was never able to watch another video from the official Bulldogs site because I couldn't find the ad blocker to uninstall or disable it.
Wipr is easy mate. Takes a few seconds either way. PM me if you want more.

PS - I’m referring to iOS and MacOS. I’m sure it’s also OK for Android and/or Windows too, I just haven’t tried it.
 

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Adblock is great for Chrome, but it does not work on mobile. I think you need to use an adblock browser and bugger that. I suspect most other adblockers on mobile are the same.
 

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Adblock is great for Chrome, but it does not work on mobile. I think you need to use an adblock browser and bugger that. I suspect most other adblockers on mobile are the same.
Wipr works for me on Safari, Chrome and Firefox no issues.
 

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I'll give it a go
 

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Ok so sounds like Android is behind in this area
 

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Ok so sounds like Android is behind in this area
I think it’s more a case that Google owns Chrome so actively disrupts ad-blockers because of how it makes its money. Apple cares less about this so ad-blockers in Safari are generally more effective.
 

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I use Brave on my Andriod and it's awesome.

No ads at all.
 

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ps I spoke to Habs and he will review the ad situation closer to the season start
 

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Did this ever get looked at?
I sometimes can't see content because It is just ads on top of text and it makes the kennel look somewhat dodgy and scammy.
 
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