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OK, I'm at home now. Before doing anything else with my PC I did an update.
openSUSE Leap 15.2 running kernel 5.3.18lp152.72.1x86_64.
Firefox 78.9.0esr (earlier post edited to correct browser version). I have the browsing history cache set to zero and browsing history set to none. Cookies are set to delete at the end of every session.

As I noted before I have NoScript and AdblockPlus addons installed with Audiokarma whitelisted in NoScript.

On this PC I do not get the banner about addblocking that I get on my notebook. Instead I am getting the following consent form that appears when starting the AK site and before I log on:
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And that is just the first page of the form.

Cheers,
James
 
Page 2 of the form are "Vendor Preferences":
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When I logged on yesterday (19 April 21) before work I was not getting any of this. When I logged on after work it first appeared, so, sometime between 05:30 and 15:45 UTC+1.

None of the consent form settings are saved (probably because I don't allow cookies to be saved on my PC) and I have to go through declining the entries at each login. Interesting how many entries give me no option not to accept.

Cheers,
James
 
Apple Desktop system
Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6
Chrome Version 90.0.4430.85 (Official Build) (x86_64)

No ad blocker & no yellow config banner at the bottom.
 
Just upgraded to Firefox 88. No change. Still getting the stupid bottom banner.

Regards,
Gordon.
 
Well,

Like most sites that have these "Nags" it might now be part of the ad-free experience on AK.

I do think it should NOT SHOW for subscribers

Frannie
 
I have now found that on my main PC by blocking everything to do with Google in NoScript I no longer get the consent form. Instead, now I get the same adblock banner as I am seeing on my laptop, which I wasn't getting on my PC.

Cheers,
James

edit: Changing the browser privacy and tracking settings in Firefox has no effect on the banner regardless of the setting. Only disabling AdBlockPlus makes it go away.

edit edit: Audiokarma is the only website where I have gotten that consent form popup, ever.
 
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buglegirl said:
Well,

Like most sites that have these "Nags" it might now be part of the ad-free experience on AK.

I do think it should NOT SHOW for subscribers

Frannie
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I have to agree with this. As subscribers we are already supporting AK monetarily. I disagree with being monetized by adware spying in addition.

Cheers,
James
 
GordonW said:
I'm a subscriber, and it's showing for me. Not cool.
Regards,
Gordon.
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Thats weird Gordon, I'm a subscriber and its NOT showing that complaint banner for me.
I get a regular ad banner near the top, and a smaller one just about the yellow page number blocks. And that's it
This is via my work desktop, Win10, using Chrome
Version 89.0.4389.114 (Official Build) (32-bit)
 
hjames said:
Thats weird Gordon, I'm a subscriber and its NOT showing that complaint banner for me.
I get a regular ad banner near the top, and a smaller one just about the yellow page number blocks. And that's it
This is via my work desktop, Win10, using Chrome
Version 89.0.4389.114 (Official Build) (32-bit)
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I block all ad's and see it. My guess the nag screen is tied to blocking the banner or some other ad.

Frannie
 
Fwiw, I have done a bit more experimenting with this.

NoScript is showing 8 scripts running on Audiokarma on my PC.
1 = audiokarma.org
2 = adligature.com
3 = facebook.net
4 = google-analytics.com
5 = google.com
6 = gstatic.com
7 = twitter.com
8 = viglink.com

I have all of the above scripts blocked except for AK, and adblockplus activated. In this configuration I do not get the spy-consent form that I made the screenshots of but I do get the adblocking nag banner.

adblockplus is showing 2 ads blocked but unfortunately does not tell me exactly what they are.
When I disable adblockplus the amount of scripts that noscript is showing drops to 7, the script that dissapears is gstatic.com. When I do this but leave all of the scripts blocked as before the ad nag banner goes away but the consent form does not pop up. However I do not see any ads on the entire site.

When I then re-enable adblockplus and then try unblocking the gstatic script the nag banner stays, there is no change at all, in relation to the original problem.
When I then re-block gstatic and consecutively try unblocking the other scripts the only one that has any effect at all is google.com. When I unblock that script the nag banner goes away and the spy-consent pop-up immediately pops up and blocks me from doing anything on AK until it is "consented".

So I pretty much have to believe that this entire new problem that has appeared since Tuesday 20 April 2021 is completely related so some interaction between Audiokarma and google.

And slowly there are more members reporting having this problem.
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/when-do-i-give-consent.957548/
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/when-did-this-start.957306/

Cheers,
James
 
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OK, this thing HAS to go away.

It's blocking the selection of pictures, when trying to view a post.

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Personally, I'm running out of patience about this...

Regards,
Gordon.
 

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OK, this thing HAS to go away.

It's blocking the selection of pictures, when trying to view a post.

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Personally, I'm running out of patience about this...

Regards,
Gordon.
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did you do as it asked ? i dont see it and dont have script blocking so maybe you do have ? the other one i guess its an ad blocker complaint . the internet unfortunately is run from advertising so by blocking things upsets things sometimes .
 
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