# SDMB and their ADs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079 "2017-11-19T17:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/21 "2017-11-20T22:28:26Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > If you join for less than the price of an extra-large pizza But what are the toppings? Does the Pit come with extra sleaze? ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/22 "2017-11-20T23:19:41Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Because some of us refuse to cooperate with terrorists. “Just pay the membership or your device gets it!” is hardly a compelling argument. To be fair, there are other benefits of joining. You get to put a cutesy phrase under your username, and you can be all judgy and morally superior with the freeloaders. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/23 "2017-11-20T23:23:15Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > Are there any adblockers for mobile devices, though? I can’t look at this site on my phone because it always gets hijacked. I haven’t found a mobile ad blocker that works. What’s your OS? I can recommend a couple of good ones for Android. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/24 "2017-11-21T04:24:41Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > If you join for less than the price of an extra-large pizza once a year, you won’t see ads on here no matter what device you use. Sorry to keep banging on this one but I don’t get why people who come here often for years don’t want to just join and solve the problem. Go fuck a cactus, you stupid twat ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/25 "2017-11-21T04:45:23Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > If you join for less than the price of an extra-large pizza once a year, you won’t see ads on here no matter what device you use. Sorry to keep banging on this one but I don’t get why people who come here often for years don’t want to just join and solve the problem. We have long-time members die off; just last week we had a _moderator_ hang up his jackboots & walk off (barefooted) into the sunset. When a noobie stumbles across this site & thinks, “Geez, this is worse than your average porn site.” Do you think they’re going to stick around, let alone take out a membership? The hijacks & pop-unders are slowly strangling this board. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/26 "2017-11-21T11:17:06Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Since this is the Pit, I hope it isn’t threadshitting to say, just use a damn adblocker, already. Threadshitting in the pit would be posting, “puppies, kittens, rainbows”. Motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/27 "2017-11-21T12:47:11Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > What’s your OS? I can recommend a couple of good ones for Android. You could recommend them, regardless of what the OP uses, for general interest. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/28 "2017-11-21T13:06:34Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Go fuck a cactus, you stupid twat Thanks for being part of the SDMB and doing such a lovely job of “fighting ignorance”. I certainly do appreciate that you don’t feel like joining and paying a fee. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/29 "2017-11-21T14:16:02Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > No option? How about becoming a member for a tiny amount of cash? I’ll become a paying member when this site has a working search engine. That’s been my stance for the last umpteen years and, so far, I haven’t been in danger of paying. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/30 "2017-11-21T16:52:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > What’s your OS? I can recommend a couple of good ones for Android. Android. I’ve been using the Chrome browser. I’ve tried a couple of mobile popup blockers in the past without much success, but I don’t remember which ones. It’s been a while since I experimented with it. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/31 "2017-11-21T16:58:16Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > Android. I’ve been using the Chrome browser. I’ve tried a couple of mobile popup blockers in the past without much success, but I don’t remember which ones. It’s been a while since I experimented with it. Maybe you have me on ignore or something, but in post #18, I mention that Firefox with uBlock Origin works just fine to block ads on Android. I mean, I replied right to you. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/32 "2017-11-21T18:18:36Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > Android. I’ve been using the Chrome browser. I’ve tried a couple of mobile popup blockers in the past without much success, but I don’t remember which ones. It’s been a while since I experimented with it. Samsung Beta. You don’t need a Samsung device to install it, it works on any Android device. You have to install a separate adblocker, but the browser gives recommendations which ones will work with it. It completely blocks all ads on the Dope, and you can whitelist any site that asks you to turn it off. Number 2 is Rocket Browser. It has a built in adblocker and also blocks everything from the Dope. Both are available from the Play Store. And free. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/33 "2017-11-21T19:39:35Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > If you join for less than the price of an extra-large pizza once a year, you won’t see ads on here no matter what device you use. Sorry to keep banging on this one but I don’t get why people who come here often for years don’t want to just join and solve the problem. I can make better pizza at home for way less money. > [@Jophiel](#): > > I’ll become a paying member when this site has a working search engine. That’s been my stance for the last umpteen years and, so far, I haven’t been in danger of paying. And for the umpteeth fucking time, the search engine is part of the vBulletin canned package and can’t be changed. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/34 "2017-11-21T19:44:43Z")
It’s always interesting to me how I pay two cents a day for this message board and feel that I get my money’s worth; and others pay nothing and feel ripped off. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/35 "2017-11-21T20:08:47Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > It’s always interesting to me how I pay two cents a day for this message board and feel that I get my money’s worth; and others pay nothing and feel ripped off. Because no one likes to be shaken down. People shouldn’t have to pay for a working, functional website free of malware. They should be free from feeling extorted to keep the goons from wrecking the joint. ---
**Author:** ![DCTrekkie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dctrekkie/32/18862_2.png) [@DCTrekkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCTrekkie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/36 "2017-11-21T20:34:11Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > If you join for less than the price of an extra-large pizza once a year, you won’t see ads on here no matter what device you use. Sorry to keep banging on this one but I don’t get why people who come here often for years don’t want to just join and solve the problem. If TPTB want people to pay for a service they need to actually **provide** a service. It’s no good using a broken piece of software, having no customer support (the mods do what they can, but their powers have been heavily reduced over time), and the only communication being to set stupid rules (against the wishes of the members). > [@hajario](#): > > And for the umpteeth fucking time, the search engine is part of the vBulletin canned package and can’t be changed. Maybe if they moved to a modern software package they could reach the level of just about every other free message board on the internet. It’s not technical issues stopping them fixing the search, just a lack of interest on their part. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/37 "2017-11-21T20:37:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Because no one likes to be shaken down. People shouldn’t have to pay for a working, functional website free of malware. They should be free from feeling extorted to keep the goons from wrecking the joint. Shaken down? My, what a snowflake. If real-life mobsters threatened me in order to get me to pay them 2 cents a day, with a pretty solid commitment that the rate wasn’t going to increase, I would hesitate to call the cops about being blackmailed. Shaken down, ha. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/38 "2017-11-21T20:50:21Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Shaken down? My, what a snowflake. > > If real-life mobsters threatened me in order to get me to pay them 2 cents a day, with a pretty solid commitment that the rate wasn’t going to increase, I would hesitate to call the cops about being blackmailed. Shaken down, ha. The point is, people coming to the boards from, say, a Google search are less likely to join and pay for a subscription if they’re subject to all the pop-ups and browser hijacks they’re served with here. Make visiting here a positive experience, and they may pay their $14.95 to join. As it is now, there’s no incentive, unless you call paying for the privilege of not downloading malware an incentive. And a negative incentive is worse than none at all. As for me, I don’t see the added value in paying for a membership. I don’t care if I have a custom title, I don’t care if my location and posts are displayed, and I’m not selling anything in the Marketplace. And I already don’t see ads, and that’s the most important thing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/39 "2017-11-21T21:02:53Z")
So far, I see seven ads in this thread. I’m running Android on my mobile device. The ads are about a centimeter tall and are extremely unobtrusive. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079/40 "2017-11-21T21:05:38Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > So far, I see seven ads in this thread. I’m running Android on my mobile device. > > The ads are about a centimeter tall and are extremely unobtrusive. The OP is also complaining about popups and being hijacked away from the site. That’s hardly unobtrusive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-their-ads/802079.md?page=3)