Super Aggressive Full Screen Ads Now?

[nickelplate759]

Just now started happening on PC (Windows/Chrome) too.  Unacceptably intrusive.
It seems to be a popup, so perhaps a popup blocker will stop it.

[MK]

Just encountered my first on.  PIA!

[peteski]

As I mentioned few months ago in https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=55591.0 , similar problem exists in another forum and their admins are waging constant battles with Google (the ad provider).  Not sure why this happens. Alienating your possible clientele is not a good way to try to sell products or services.  It might be some sort of technical issue with the computer code (which is also getting more and more complex, which means more and more prone to be buggy and misbehaving).  Not just HTML anymore. 

[TrainCat2]

Maybe this might help TRW

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/avoid-intrusive-interstitials

[nickelplate759]

Maybe this might help TRW

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/avoid-intrusive-interstitials

It just says that this kind of behavior is bad and you shouldn't do it

[eja]

Firefox and their many ad blocking extensions.

[basementcalling]

Got one clicking to reply to this thread. Noticed them about two weeks ago.

NBD here. I click close and move on. Nowhere near as annoying as ads in games on my phone.

[learmoia]

How anyone can look at the internet without an ad/popup-blocker is beyond me..

Currently running uBlock Origin on Firefox, it blocks almost all ads, and disables most adblock stoppers.

[EJN]

AdBlock Plus browser extension takes care of them...

This. I don't see any ads.

[Chris333]

Notice how the URL changes

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Yeah, I saw this happening on my phone.

Either Tom took some funding from a VC that suddenly wants to see some return, or something quietly changed about the ad platform.

Because I'm guessing he runs with his shields up, he might not see them. @tom mann , heads up!

[tom mann]

Yes, Google is increasingly getting more invasive, mainly due to Apple’s newer security features. I will see if I can adjust settings so that nobody has to deal with that.

[tom mann]

Thanks for the feedback. I turned this off and made sure I opted out of everything like this in the future.

[nickelplate759]

Thanks for the feedback. I turned this off and made sure I opted out of everything like this in the future.

Huzzah!

[C855B]

You're a good man, Mr. Mann.