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Ggrrr, that woody book site

TheCatWoman

You know the one, the one that sells everything. I've just tried looking at a couple of my favourite authors only to have to scroll through loads and loads of "sponsered ads" and very little of what I actually asked for...again and why is it always so slow and bad on a sunday and midweek afternoons?

  • in reply to Desmond1979

    I didn't understand a word of that either, sorry

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The chief reason to encourage App use is to have the Ads mandatory; unless you pay for a subscription.

  • in reply to Desmond1979

    I didn't understand a word of that!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    If you use Firefox, or Brave, you can select 'Block Tracking'. Also, you can clear cookies, and browsing data; as well as disable any AI features.

  • in reply to Judetheobtuse

    They try to shoehorn app use, to bypass adblockers. That's how cute they are; these days.

  • in reply to Judetheobtuse

    As I say, I use a lap top and dont' have a smart phone.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It depends. On phones via the official app it is more difficult to block things. I tend to use a pc more so it is easier to block stuff. I use two Adblocks. The one included in brave browser and an extension called ublock origin. Generally gets everything. 

  • in reply to Judetheobtuse

    Thanks Jude, I'm a total technoklutz and don't know how to install things and it all goes wrong even when I have instruction, (more like distructions in my case), I won't buy things I see advertised either, not unless I was going to buy it anyway.

    Does the adblocker of which you speak include ads on a site like the "woody book site" as it's all internal ads?

  • You can get adblockers for most browsers. I can’t believe that people don’t use them more. I have used them since the early days of the internet. I hate advertising so much and will actively not buy a product I see advertised. You can get brave browser which comes with a decent inbuilt adblocker. 

  • in reply to Desmond1979

    I use my lap top, I have no phone or tablet. As far as I know I don't have an advertising ID, I get all these sponsered ads even though I have adblock, they just seem to be a part of using the site. I do wonder though if because I buy so little and don't watch films, or listen to music, play games etc, that it throws stuff at me because it dosen't know me.

  • If you're on a phone, or tablet, you can delete your Advertising ID; to prevent any further harvesting of your data. I did it on all my Android devices, and did the same for my Artist friend's Samsung and one of his two tablets; the other one was out of juice while I was at his, on Friday morning.