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[About XDA developers] PulseDroid:
http://i.imgur.com/UehD6Pi.png

Hubbah Hubbah, don't think this is suitable for - er. Minors, -er like me.
[About XDA developers] deV14nt:
Hey. I got a floating app with no close button covering the bottom of the screen with a pop up on hover.

I guess I posted in the wrong place but I'm kinda cringing having to post about this stuff at all on xda, so here's a link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2715742

Maybe...you know...switch to a more reputable ad network? Just a suggestion.

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Galaxy Note 3 - AT&T (sm-n900a)

Stock TW rooted, stripped & Xposed

Nova Launcher Prime - KitKat edition
[About XDA developers] natureburger:
I would rather pay a fee than subject myself to the ****ty ads this site serves. Why no paid option? Sick of seeing ads for Russian women!
[About XDA developers] Azurael:
I find ads which automatically start playing sound, like the ones at the bottom left of forum threads incredibly obnoxious.... They're the sort of thing that makes me really NOT want to visit a website. Please get rid of them, I don't want to have to AdBlock this site because I know it's for the benefit of everybody here for XDA to get the ad revenue.
[About XDA developers] Jonny:
Visit less p0rn sites then ;):laugh:
[About XDA developers] Azurael:
+1 I would gladly pay a small yearly fee for an ad-free subscription option to the site. Failing that, is there a donate button I can use, then I won't feel so guilty using ABP/AdFree/etc? I already bought the Premium Android app, but that was a long time ago... I'm sure the hosting costs for a site like this are not insubstantial.

I take it nobody with any official input actually reads this thread, given that similar complaints to mine have been made in 2012 and no action taken. Why bother deluding us? Just close the topic...

Sadly, XDA really seems to be a horrendous clash between the mods, devs and other contributors who are doing a fantastic job of keeping the place in check, interesting and alive, and the people who actually run the site, who seem to have been asleep for several years.
[About XDA developers] brivette007:
+1 It's super annoying, especially while I am listening to music. Please get rid of these video ads!
[About XDA developers] Allan_Hun:
Quite often when I visit XDA forums my browser will be redirected to this full screen advertise:

http://kingsandlegends.com/lp/duelen/?source=iquklen&sub1=9711&sub2=&sub3=&sub4=&sub5=

And then I will have to press the back button, quite intrusive!

The commercials with sound also irritates me...

Am I the only one thinking the way XDA endorse users to support software developers but have no problems with users suggesting to watch pirated movies instead of paying for legal services like netflix, is very double standard? Personally I can't understand why pirating movies is any better than pirating software?
[About XDA developers] Xeio:
I'm assuming this counts...
[About XDA developers] Saggiehaim:
Please please make it stop!! Can't use xda on my mobile , every page I goes this popup opens and I have to press ok and move to other site...

It awful! !!!!

Its only on xda forum , trully never suffered so much...
[About XDA developers] natureburger:
Use tapatalk. No adds.
[About XDA developers] Jequan:
That is no solution. Xda s worse the a shady porn site right now.

I know running this site costs money but popups leading to silly sites aretoo much.

Remove it now!
[About XDA developers] Galaxy droid fan 7:
If you use the Firefox mobile browser instead of chrome or the one built into your device then the ads will not pop up
[About XDA developers] bludart:
I use tapatalk, no issues ;)
[About XDA developers] Jequan:
I would but it is way too slow.
[About XDA developers] darkchazz:
Unavoidable scam popup on chrome for android:

It used to appear every time I try to post, but now it also appears as soon as I open any thread.....

The bad thing is... there's absolutely no way around this popup. Even if I press back it still takes me to the scam malware page..... and if I press back there it will go back to the thread and the popup will appear again...

There you go... xda is unusable in the mobile web browser.
[About XDA developers] monacoo:
http://track.dovelane.com/topic/mob...dv1ev9g0/eZkvjnyYQCMGWfy+sa7n5Ub2wdGAwRi7LM6A

Please stop this ****ty spam immediatelly. The biggest forum about mobiles has become uselss for mobile browsers with more intrusive ads than porn or piracy sites. Shame!!
[About XDA developers] BMAF:
Just another user voicing a complaint about the ads lately. They are getting more and more intrusive. Big ads popping up blocking the screen, close them and they pop right back up. Ads in the bottom left corner talking, playing music, and no way to stop them except to close the browser tab.

Click around the ad trying to find a pause button, and bam, another browser tab opens up so you can see the ad full screen just in case the smaller ad wasn't obnoxious enough for you.

If I want to keep a tab open to XDA, I'll be doing something in another window and the ads start playing. I end up turning down the volume, which isn't always an option if I'm trying to listen to something in another tab. I end up just closing the XDA tab and kick it to the curb.

I even donated money with the promise of no ads, or minimal ads. That really isn't the case anymore. I really can't tell the difference between being logged in or not anymore, except maybe the ads are more targeted.

As a consequence of all this, I'm starting to spend less and less time on XDA. When I do check in on the things I'm interested in, I'm much more focused, I don't click around other devices or forums just kind of hanging out. I just get the information I'm interested in and get the hell off.

I really can't see where reporting specific ads will do any good, they come from multiple sites, and multiple ways.
[About XDA developers] circuit1:
Hi I have the exact same problem. Whenever I come to xda a big pop up appears (I have attached the photo). I don't want to use ad blocker for this resourceful website so admins please do something. :fingers-crossed:
[About XDA developers] Kamokazi:
I just got a banner ad that initiated a fairly large pop-out window that started auto-playing a video with audio. It was for Cree LED lightbulbs and also had Home Depot Branding.
[About XDA developers] TheTeek:
You need to do more then monitoring, this is sooooooo f......ng anoying.

I can't use the site on my Android device. Even with my adaware up tot date... Frustrating!
[About XDA developers] ronjwright:
I usually browse this site using Firefox on a laptop running Ubuntu, and the ads have gotten so bad in the past several days that I need to click the stop button right before most of the ads begin to load. Otherwise, I am usually stuck with audio/video ads that loop indefinitely and/or flash ads that take up 100% CPU on my laptop, which leads to battery drain when my laptop is not plugged in. The effect is exacerbated when many tabs with the same XDA site fully loaded are open at the same time, as there are so many flash ads running that they slow my browser to a crawl. The reason why I do not want to use an ad blocker like AdBlock Plus is because many sites today are detecting and blocking hosts that block ads. Also, I wish not to switch to another browser (e.g. Chrome), because it is an inconvenience to use another browser in addition to the one I use on a regular basis.

In my experience, I would say that Google-style text ads or Facebook-style ads are more effective because they are not visually intrusive, and unlike flash ads, they do not waste CPU cycles (and power). Additionally, I would say that any ad that expands to fill most of the screen on a mouse rollover is not only visually intrusive but annoying to most people and will only detract attention from its potential customers.
[About XDA developers] Jonas Cardoso:
Intrusive ads

Use AdFree to prevent these ads from apps
[About XDA developers] reerden:
Browsing XDA on mobile and I am immediately redirected to "WhatsApp.cm" claiming that my WhatsApp is about to expire.
[About XDA developers] rafaelluik:
Sucks!!!! This site sucks so much now. I wish I could boycott it completely, but unfortunately I'm stuck in it because this is the place devs chose to create topics. It has been like that for months.

In my Android device XDA will have ads that open even though I don't click anything (I even press back instead of tapping "Ok" in these pop-ups) that'll open the Play Store automatically in the page of the app being advertised.

In the computer the site will redirect to fake Flash installation page and make you lose the page you were on completely, it isn't even in the back button history.

You must DO something ASAP.

And no, I have no interesting in paying to get rid of these ads. When you insert crap into a persons' machine and ask money to remove it this is what's called "ransomware". Do not accept this kind of offer people! Don't be a fool. Plenty of other sites work correctly without extorting money from users so they aren't redirected to malware.

I feel shame for XDA-Developers.
[About XDA developers] sn0warmy:
Add me to the list of people who are absolutely sick of the auto playing video ads on this site. As someone in Marketing I understand you need to advertise for additional revenue. But the use of auto playing video ads is ridiculous. If it continues you will likely lose me as someone who frequents the site.

It's safe to say that of all the forums/sites I visit, this one has become the most obnoxious as far as ads go. Please get rid of the video ads.

*One is playing in a loop as I type this.* :mad:
[About XDA developers] andrewilley:
Try the "XDA 2010" Style, generally seems a lot less prone to naff adverts and is actually more usable generally than the newer layouts.

Andre
[About XDA developers] supernova_00:
The auto playing ads are really making the xda experience suck! They are very annoying, intrusive, start playing at random times, and can't be stopped!
[About XDA developers] billycar11:
im getting the annoying java ads to from updowntou
[About XDA developers] quisvir:
Just got automatically redirected to http://onlinegame.railnation.nl/?ad=10597_1162507120 after loading a page, quite annyoing. Using Chrome (pc).
[About XDA developers] bluenote73:
I'm so glad xda made me investigate ad block, sounds like they never fixed their problems
[About XDA developers] niziou:
Intrusive ads? My god this would dev-host. Whenever I l'm trying to download ROM from them it pretty much always end up with opening new tab with ad.. On chrome on Firefox on every mobile browsers for me so far..
[About XDA developers] Papadat:
try Firefox. Install, add adblock, and go site
[About XDA developers] vaughany2:
Thanks
[About XDA developers] jsage:
Gazelle pop-over ad

It started within the last month, and it's driving me crazy. It pops up over the bottom of every single xda page ...

[IMG="iPad screenshot"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9296003/images/iPad-Gazelle-ad.png[/IMG]
[About XDA developers] harley1rocker:
Thanx mr dredd for the "thread closed" thing. Ask and you shant receiveth.

Ohh yea pop ups. Right.....forget it xda users... They are there for good...its how xda pays the bills err line pockets rather. Ive bought every xda app there is. So its extra money. Ohh well...america,right?
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
Use AdBlock dude. Problem solved.
[About XDA developers] richyrich552003:
intrusive add

This pops up after I click a link or go back a page.
[About XDA developers] godutch:
This vodafone ad made me root my new moto x and install adfree
[About XDA developers] MrPuddington:
DIY ad

On Android, I keep getting a full screen video ad (well, actually it is a sequence of pictures) for bathrooms from diy.com (a UK shop). It takes about 30 seconds to load on fibre, loads on every page, and is very difficult to close.

Honestly, the fact that we have the thread means that obviously the site owners are not in control of the site. You should only use ads from trustworthy sources, and in my experience that is just not the case. If you get full page ads you do not want, how you do know that there are no fly by download trojans embedded in xda?

Anyway, with UC Browser the ad blocker solves the problem. Unfortunately ad blocking on Android is not always easy.
[About XDA developers] mwatson:
Here is the DIY ad. It is the most obtrusive ad ive seen on any site. It is full screen and loads everytime you load a new page within xda.
[About XDA developers] poldie:
I too am getting, on my Nexus 10 tablet, two adverts at the same time, **EVERY 10 SECONDS**, one of which is a full page B&Q advert (they're an expensive DIY shop in the UK, famous for the almost complete inability to find anyone to help you, and if you do manage to find someone they'll just walk you back to where you've already looked and then say "if it's not on the shelf then we don't have any in stock"). You can close it, but it's going to come straight back.

This makes the whole site completely unusable on the tablet. This is why people use ad-blockers, in case you were wondering. Sure, at some point in the next few weeks, you'll possibly maybe get around to investigating and blocking this particular advert but for as long as you trust the advertisers not to spam people (lol) rather than give them little boxes within which they can advertise, you're going to have this problem.
[About XDA developers] MetalOllie:
This entire forum is pretty much unusable on an iPad, thanks to that ridiculous B&Q advert. Can some PLEASE remove it as it is seriously annoying. It literally pops up every 7-10 seconds, and every single time you click in any hyperlink. It's been doing this for about a month now, so I think we've seen quite enough of it thanks.
[About XDA developers] poldie:
Want to take a few moments away from monitoring and take action in the cases recently reported? You could start with the ads for tawdry UK-based store B&Q, which makes XDA completely unusable with full page ads appearing every 10 seconds (or less), as reported on this page alone a number of times over the last week or so.
[About XDA developers] KennyG123:
These are not issues for forum moderators nor even Senior Moderators. These are for Admin information and they are monitoring this thread and is why it is created. Use this thread for what it was meant for. Post your issue once then please do not repost. These are not a simple push of a button fix. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
[About XDA developers] X22MAC:
I find that the adverts on the mobile version of XDA are obtrusive in general as they take up half of the screen. Perhaps XDA can look into advert impressions rather than pay-per-click to generate revenue. That way, mobile adverts can be disabled altogether.
[About XDA developers] jsage:
Full page CapitalOne ad on every page change,refresh,forum post,etc. Only happens on my iPad, using Chrome or Safari.

I understand the need for revenue to pay the bills, but how about ditching the full page ads?
[About XDA developers] pfmiller:
Yes, I get this ad constantly on my Nexus 10 and it is super annoying.
[About XDA developers] The Unabomber:
The Capitol one ad is horrible. Needs to be closed 3 times. Pops up on every page. Please fix.
[About XDA developers] poldie:
Is the size and content left up to the advertiser or does XDA control it? It seems odd trusting the advertisers. I mean, perhaps initially trust them, but given that this "full size ads appear repeatedly" problem shows no sign of going away, can't either a technical measure be put in place, or contract terms updated to blacklist offenders? Or just hand over technical control of the ads to XDA themselves so that their usage can be controlled?
[About XDA developers] leo321:
Temp fix for the mobrewards redirect in Android: Change your browser user agent to desktop. ;)
[About XDA developers] benjamingwynn:
Haha suppose that would work actually :)
[About XDA developers] TechAttack:
I'm still getting the odd mobrewards.org ad but it seems they have also set up shop at another URL: mobgifts.org

These ads are identical and just as intrusive. They're really getting in the way of me browsing xda by hijacking every other tab that I open :(
[About XDA developers] leo321:
I hope chrome apps become available on chrome beta... ad blocker all the way :cool:
[About XDA developers] prototype7:
If you're rooted, just use AdFree. Works flawlessly, gets rid of in-app ads too.
[About XDA developers] leo321:
Much abliged
[About XDA developers] Nigeldg:
Nobody seemed to pay attention to what I said when I said it a while back :rolleyes:

Also, I love your reason for editing post 'I haz gud grammer skilz' :')
[About XDA developers] Sentinel196:
I find the video ads at the bottom of the page perticularly frustrating as the suddenly start playing audio without warning. Have to keep my PC on Mute all the time if I'm checking XDA.

I don't mind ads, but the video ones need to go.
[About XDA developers] davetwin:
I have also been getting these pop ups on my rooted prime,i have adfree installed and browser set to block popups however the pop still appears at least once a day while browsing xda
[About XDA developers] TechAttack:
Thanks to everyone who mentioned AdFree!

Is it worth adding any of the additional ad block lists featured on the developer's website?

Or would this slow browsing down by having thousands of records in the hosts file?
[About XDA developers] irrelephant:
First time i have ever had it happen and it scared the crap out of me!!! AUDIO/VIDEO ads at the end of posts in a thread... I couldn't get a screen capture of it as I closed the window rather quickly after finding the source of the noise... But it woke up the wife as I was in the bed with my laptop!!! SAY NO TO AUDIO/VIDEO ADS PLEASE!!!
[About XDA developers] leo321:
Do you think that's an appropriate avatar to have on a public forum? Kids use this site man.
[About XDA developers] stumpyz9:
If it was inappropriate the mods would have let him know or changed it to the default
[About XDA developers] fridgie:
Happens to me all the time. Please no audio/video ads. Hate trying to find which one of the 15 threads I have opened is making the racket.
[About XDA developers] leo321:
Or maybe they just didn't notice. Why are you stalking me :what:?
[About XDA developers] stumpyz9:
Lol idk just looking in the recent threads on tapatalk and u just seem to be in all the interesting ones lol
[About XDA developers] leo321:
Cuz ima baws :cool:

On topic: tapatalk is add free!
[About XDA developers] stumpyz9:
Hell Yeah tapatalk haha way better than that buggy xda apl
[About XDA developers] molesarecoming:
this is getting awful - im surfing with alot of tabs open and suddenly my browser starts to talk or broadcast stupid football games, im clicking and sifting through my tabs to find out which is the one bugging me and its xda. its gotten so bad i cannot use the site without switching off sound - what the heck is that, please fix that.
[About XDA developers] chazam:
I have no idea what this ad is for (thank you lack of Flash, Chrome) but even without the applet loading it's intrusive enough. :(

Still getting the odd Mobprizes redirect too.
[About XDA developers] Trancell:
capital one is annoying

The capital one ad is truly annoying it takes up the whole screen and is very hard to get rid of on a tablet.

I agree i dont like installing ad blocks because i want to support the website but if this keeps up ill have to add an ad block for this website.
[About XDA developers] The Unabomber:
Just checking back in.

In order for me to write this post I had to close the wonderful Capitol one ad 9 times.

Please fix this.
[About XDA developers] louvass:
I agree it's almost unusable on a tablet or phone and I'm not using the app just going to the website. The full page ads need to go. Thank you ;)
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
They use Google ads and aren't going to change the ad provider. The ads come from your browsing history and they have no control over it, even though it makes the site unusable without an ad blocker.
[About XDA developers] mbirth:
But I'm pretty sure they can report specific ads to Google... and I'm also somewhat sure that full-screen ads are against Google's TOS...
[About XDA developers] Reddidntdoit:
I registered for this site thinking it would kill the constant Capital One full-page ad. Nope, I think I ended up with more CO ads, as now it seems as if there are several ads stacked on top of each other that all need to be closed before I can get back to the forum. Click the big "X" in the top-right corner, then click the little "x" in the same corner, then the one in the middle...

I could deal with all of the clicking if it happened only once per visit, but every other page navigation?

There seems to be a lot of good information on this forum, and as a brand new Android user I could use it. But I'm getting frustrated with the giant full-page ads.
[About XDA developers] ibcradio:
I have this same issue. Three or four full-page capital one ads stacked on top of each other. Fresh install of AOSP Lollipop ROM on an old Samsung tablet, using Chrome.
[About XDA developers] rdfry:
Ad Bs

This Capital one nonsense has been driving me nuts for weeks. I am not interested in Capital One. Where is the input from XDA on this.
[About XDA developers] enzeem2010:
On the XDA Android app, free version, Google Play has started automatically launching. I am not certain of the exact steps I'm taking that generates this action, but the two apps it automatically drags me to (so far) are for Lyft and Uber. I cleared the app cache & data, but it still happens.
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
I just got a browser pop up and 3 play store pop ups all just from opening a thread. this is getting old.
[About XDA developers] mbirth:
Use the Tapatalk app... it's the only sane way to browse xda on mobile...
[About XDA developers] tamanaco:
Firefox keeps reporting that the xda forum site is redirecting me to agreementflv dot com I get a "Reported Web Forgery!" pop up whenever I tried to access any thread. I scanned my laptop for malware, but can't find anything. Suggestions?

NEVER MIND: It was actually a Firefox Addon (malware) that appeared as a YouTube AdBlocker. Once I removed it the problem went away
[About XDA developers] Planterz:
I gotta say, I'm getting pretty sick of love marriage specialists in random middle eastern countries.
[About XDA developers] enzeem2010:
Rooted, using AdFree, STILL getting intrusive in-app ads and ads that drag me to Google Play store... What is the deal? :(

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[About XDA developers] cobyman7035:
Thank god for adaway lol.. Tapatalk xda forum has alot of ads at bottom pages.. Sometimes it gets pass adblock.. Paypal ones

Via my NeXus™ 7FHD on XDA Premium app
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Similar to what others have reported. Intrusive adds brought to you by XDA app. This started happening a lot a week or 2 ago.

- Open XDA App.

- Ad banner at bottom of page says "please wait..."

- Google Play Store app and or web browser open to advertising for whatever product was trying to load in the bottom ad bar in XDA app.

- After going back to XDA app, the ad bar has been populated.

- Clicking on the newly populated ad link takes you to the same Google play or browser page as before.

- Rarely happens on second test without some time and closing apps in between

- Adblock Plus seems to be able to stop the ads IF you block all ads including "acceptable" ones, although in order to use it on mobile data background data must be enabled.

There does seem to be something wrong with the behavior of advertising in the XDA app.

I love XDA and come from the non-porfit universe so I understand about trying to get revenue by various methods, but this defies any concept of reasonable advertising.

This state of affairs is harmful to all parties and particularly bad for the advertisers themselves as well as XDA and Google since it makes them all look like purveyors of spam and malware. If this does not get fixed and the distinction between intrusive and acceptable adds is not maintained they will be all blocked including non intrusive ones.