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[highvoltage_]

And please DON'T tell me to buy an ad blocker.

Ad blockers are free.

 

[dfunghi]

Still ongoing here.

 

[Oerets]

They are on my iPhone and so bad that unable or just unwilling to visit using it for this site.
On windows 11 laptop running brave so far unaffected.

 

[cason]

9:15am Feb. 10. iPod Air, Safari, duckduckgo.
Ads continue, same as yesterday

 

[Oerets]

Trust me on this facts facts.

Dealing with computer problems is very frustrating and time consuming. Being a novice in it being 1978 that my last exposure to any formal education in computer programing. Since then only by trial and the many errors and much help from internet searches have continued learning over the years. Whoever is taking on this problem I have deep respect for knowing they are doing their best. The anger from me it towards those who submit the rest of us with their vile evil attacks over and over again.

 

[highvoltage_]

The anger from me it towards those who submit the rest of us with their vile evil attacks over and over again.

Agreed. Hackers, script kiddies, and the relentless intrusion of bots that make websites their playground are what riles me.

 

[Fishead]

Happening here also......Windows 11, Edge

 

[elcoholic]

Ditto on multiple iOS devices and Macs here

 

[Rex Everything]

Still happening here.

 

[Celadon]

On DuckDuckGo ads don’t load only the gray boxes. Still a problem.

Same here, still the gray box at bottom with blue scroll arrows and a black X out box, which will make it go away, only to return with any movement on the page.

 

[John James]

Still happening here.

Here as well.

 

[Te-Te]

Agreed. Hackers, script kiddies, and the relentless intrusion of bots that make websites their playground are what riles me.

I heard somewhere that not all bots are bad, the AI companies have these things going out and scouring any and all information that they can grab, the problem is trying to differentiate who's good and who's bad, seems like an impossible task for sites such as AK.
Not sure what I heard is true but it sounds like it could be.

 

[orsen]

win 11 newest firefox 0 adds

 

[Catmanboo]

We've all been so spoiled by the usual lack of ads, everyone chill. They'll fix it.

That ain't the only problem here at the moment. Can't even log on with Brave o my Samsung android.
Getting error code 520, AK host error.connx issue between cloud flare (wtf is that, even?) & origin server. Browser & cloudflare apparently working.
Here on DDG, gray shade bar at screen bottom with direction (up & down) arrows, X- out in upper right of shade bar. Gray spaces between postings, probably where ads are trying to intrude. My ad-blocker's doing its job, dont know specifics are embedded in my device.
Oh well, time to go outside & move firewood, its a balmy, sunny 46°!

 

[Catmanboo]

I heard somewhere that not all bots are bad, the AI companies have these things going out and scouring any and all information that they can grab, the problem is trying to differentiate who's good and who's bad, seems like an impossible task for sites such as AK.
Not sure what I heard is true but it sounds like it could be.

Damn AI (as in Always Interfering!)

 

[Cubdriver]

Gray field pop up at bottom of screen described by others, didn't exactly notice when it started but it's been doing it for at least a few days.

PC is running Win 10 and current update of Chrome, with an ad blocker.

It's also happening on my iPad: 9th gen running iOS 18.7.1 and Chrome, also with an adblocker. On the iPad, the ad actually comes into the pop up after a few seconds.

-Pat

 

[TomD62]

Added uBlock Origin for Firefox and so far have not had any pop ups or ads for days. Try it, its free.

 

[Cubdriver]

That ain't the only problem here at the moment. Can't even log on with Brave o my Samsung android.
Getting error code 520, AK host error.connx issue between cloud flare (wtf is that, even?) & origin server. Browser & cloudflare apparently working.
Here on DDG, gray shade bar at screen bottom with direction (up & down) arrows, X- out in upper right of shade bar. Gray spaces between postings, probably where ads are trying to intrude. My ad-blocker's doing its job, dont know specifics are embedded in my device.
Oh well, time to go outside & move firewood, its a balmy, sunny 46°!

Catmanboo, you mentioning the gray bars between posts just made me notice that I'm seeing those, too. Yeah, probably more ads trying to get through.

-Pat

 

[dankik]

Still getting ads while using Edge, but not when using Chrome.
Platform: PC
OS: Windows 10 Pro (ver 22H2)
Browser: Edge and Chrome

Example screen shots (AK home page):
Microsoft Edge (ads top, bottom, middle, side):

Google Chrome (no ads):

 

[JimEGR]

Subscriber here. Recently started seeing ads at the bottom of the page and in between posts. Never have in the past. I subscribe partly to not see ads here. Two machines. 2020 MacBook Pro. iPhone 16 Pro. Both using Chrome.