yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] DesktopAppAd:
New comer here

so do you mean I can post our website brand here by a screenshot? and it is free also the XDA admin will accept it?
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
I agree with this but have found that, on my device, the most egregious violator of reasonable advertising methods is the XDA app. I still love and gain a lot from XDA but it is clear that the app allows inappropriate advertising and must bear some of the blame. Effectively the XDA android app behaves no differently from malware in this regard by allowing a take-over of the whole UI with full screen app opening pop-ups to browser and Play Store.

So...with the reasonable advertising comprise undermined by the XDA app and relationship with advertisers, now all ads are blocked.

BTW AdAway is great for this!. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
[About XDA developers] rpdeuce:
I'm having trouble with chrome browser on my tmo note 4 redirecting me to Google play app advertising when trying to view many of the threads on xda. I tried the stock browser just to be able to post this. Seems to work, but I prefer chrome.
[About XDA developers] s4shield:
Okay i'll put it this way. All the ads need to be smaller, not animated, compressed more. If you're gonna have animated or large ads then limit the number of ads per page. No other site I've been to has the issue of crashing all my browsers including even the edge browser which is very light. There is no individual offending ad. Thanks for listening. Now excuse me because chrome is about to crash. ;)
[About XDA developers] kitaroknine:
This. A million times this..

It's like the page is twice as long and jolts down when I finnaly find what link I was looking for.
[About XDA developers] s4shield:
Okay well I found an ad blocker that doesn't install viruses into chrome like ad block does and I will be using it exclusively on this site only. This means I will be taking money from you unless the site is better optimized. The ads cause a huge inconvenience on the user experience and therefore must me blocked. Better optimization will lead to more money for you. If you leave it the way it is than me and others are using ad blockers to take care of it ourselves. ;)
[About XDA developers] bluenote73:
Just wanted to drop in and say thanks for XDA's ridiculously egregious crappy ad moderating and design ad choice. You've got more realestate devoted to ads than text. It's been years now since I posted in this thread trying to help, still an ad-blocker newb. Maybe one day in the future you'll remember that you have a forum because you have users and if you abuse them, they will leave. It's quite obvious it's not "just about development" when your pages are wallpapered in ads.

And now, I can say honestly, XDA has just gotten crappier with its ad policies, but I don't care anymore, because I use ad blockers on every device except android chrome.

So thanks XDA, for being so crappy you turned me into a permanent ad blocker. Now you can be as crappy as you want, and I don't care and we're both happy. Yay!
[About XDA developers] nsew745:
I have searched for "XDA Classic" on the XDA site and got 951,000 hits. Where does one find the XDA Classic theme?

I have been using XDA for quite some time now. I have a Galaxy Note that I have been keeping updated. I just bought a new Galaxy Tab S2. That site causes extensive lags on my desktop that is well provisioned connected to a 200 Mbps download connection. Task Manager shows high CPU utilization with Firefox and Adobe Flash Player accounting for 45% or more of CPU and 40% of 8 GB RAM

The Galaxy Tab S2, 32GB with Firefox at XDA is unusable with constant refreshes.

I know you have to have advertising to keep the site up and running, but there is a point of diminishing returns that XDA seems to have passed.

What are the XDA recommendations?
[About XDA developers] enzeem2010:
There's a dropdown menu at the very bottom left of the page - it's not obvious, but if you click on the down-arrow in it, the theme chooser is in there.
[About XDA developers] bv90andy:
I've been trying to set my uBlock Origin (only the best adblocker out there) to whitelist this site, but it's just ridiculous how bad it gets. I am sorry to say I just can't do it.

From allowing 4 domains that give me the best experience on XDA, it jumps to 64! domains. 64, are you kidding me?

With the current "adblockalipse" taking place, XDA would be smart to start a Pro version of the site with no ads, kind of like Arstechnica. Most people visiting this site regularly are advanced enough to know about adblockers, and indeed most custom roms these days come with adaway. Not having a pro version seems quite silly IMHO. After trying to fiddle with the settings I will just keep xda blacklisted. I would gladly pay $20 a year or so to have no ads on this site, I use it every other day. I am sure many other people here would too.

So instead of adding more and more 3rd party ads and trackers, that load in turn more 4th and nth domains, making this site load in many seconds with a high end cpu ( I can't even imagine what people with lower end CPUs have to go through) why not just promote a new way of doing business?

Thank you.

PS: and why does it ask for flash player to be activated when I enable ads? really? Any reputable site admin would do away with flash a year ago.
[About XDA developers] gotmicah:
I hate to say this, but I strongly believe that blocking ads is the only way to have a safe browsing experience on most websites. Not to say that XDA has introduced security breaching ads that will put us a risk, but so many other websites do now days.

I always use protection!

:p
[About XDA developers] svetius:
I can tell you that there are plans to do this. :highfive:
[About XDA developers] Maxr1998:
Got this while reading a post on news site:

After clicking ok, it redirected me to the site mentioned in title, and then tried to redirect me to Android market (displayed an error though because of redirects).

Please remove that ad distributor…
[About XDA developers] Hairyloon:
I had far worse problems than adverts earlier today: it seemed that every link I followed from this site to download a file took me somewhere that was awash with viruses and in addition, I was not able to log in to let you know about it.

I'm using another machine and running Linux, so I don't know if the problem has gone away or if I have just worked around it. I'll perhaps have another look from the other machine tomorrow and let you know...
[About XDA developers] zigonneux:
today there are some auto starting video ads with sound.( on the right side) I always disable my ad blocker for you guys, but these types of intrusive ads are a no-no. Anything but self starting video ads with sound is acceptable to me to help this forum.

ad blocker back on for now .. sorry.
[About XDA developers] hugoglezp:
this one from this page www.itt-edu.us is driving me nuts. It apears all the time and says that my phone has a virus. Then if I press the pop up it takes mo to google play. I can´t get rid of it, please help me
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
Hasn't changed over 2-3 years. I don't think XDA intends to change their ad provider. I've used adblock for years. Makes your browsing experience much cleaner.
[About XDA developers] LazyLucretia:
For last couple of weeks, I've been experiencing an EXTREMELY ANNOYING pop-up ads problem on XDA Forums. It's so frustrating I cannot browse this forum from my phone anymore. And it's definately not about my device/software. I tried every possible software solution but still no luck and I have this problem on more than one device. All these spam/ads are coming from the same website: itt-edu.us and they these ads claim that I have virus on my device, my device is slow or outdated etc and they redirect me to some software called 360 Security on Play Store. These ads keeps poping up unless I close the tab in browser. Here are some screenshots from these ads I've been talking about, they are all in Turkish(my native language): http://imgur.com/a/Yam1D

Here is a thread about the issue from another user: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/question-spam-t3278835

And here is a thread from a local forum, these people also claim that issue is about XDA itself not our devices: http://forum.donanimhaber.com/m_112937991/tm.htm
[About XDA developers] xantrk:
I have completely the same issue. It is really annoying. After a couple of pages of reading, I find myself in this ducking itt-edu site and ducking back button does not work on that page. I need to close the chrome and refind the same page.

Please do sth about the issue.
[About XDA developers] LazyLucretia:
I really wonder why there isn't more people with same problem. Why this is only happening to a minority like us?
[About XDA developers] mbirth:
I'd guess most others are using an Adblocker or Tapatalk or the xda App.
[About XDA developers] LazyLucretia:
I'm using an Adblocked and it has no effect on these ads.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Using Android XDA free and premium apps in CM11, CM12 and CM13 without tapatalk and with Adaway has completely stopped these intrusive ads for me.

On PC in Firefox and in Palemoon (an optimized variant of Firefox) using noscript keeps it clean.
[About XDA developers] rocky00072:
Use desktop mode in chrome (or other browser). Then no problem with sites like itt-edu
[About XDA developers] BinkXDA:
And this is why I’ll be leaving xda. The sheer number of ads on xda is an abomination—and they attribute to the poor performance of the site. Regardless of what browser I use, CPU utilization skyrockets whenever I browse xda—killing my battery life when I’m not plugged in—and the site frequently hangs or pauses while I’m trying to browse it. If the owners of xda can’t find a way to make a profit without enough ads to cripple the site, then xda will become more of a festering cesspool than it already is and the organisms that have been using it will simply die off, like me.
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
So... XDA now has an ad section on the right side that you can't block with AdBlock. Comes up as a different thing each time it loads. What b/s.

Just blocked the sidebar element and buh-bye :)
[About XDA developers] svetius:
We just launched a service that lets you remove all the ads from XDA by paying a little bit. It's called:

XDA Ad-Free

:highfive: :highfive:
[About XDA developers] BinkXDA:
Congrats?! The sad truth is xda used to be an amazing resource, but now it is a slow festering cesspool of ads, reminiscent of MySpace’s heyday, that’s has thoroughly killed usability. I’ve already moved on. Good luck.
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
Yeah, I use AdBlock. It's free.
[About XDA developers] svetius:
Really sorry to hear that. We have longer-term plans to drastically reduce the number of ads on XDA, and in the best case, remove them entirely. We can't do that today because we have multiple full time employees, servers, etc. So it is only until we can come up with a way to replace advertising revenue that we can kill ads or reduce them significantly. We hand the keys to our ads over to a network and it's up to them what they show. We have some say on what displays so we can have annoying ads removed as fast as possible, but because ads are not in-house, we don't have as much control as we'd like. :rolleyes:

That's your right :fingers-crossed:
[About XDA developers] s4shield:
Can you not at the least optimize the site so the ads don't make your computer crash and send you to malicious websites when trying to click links while your unoptimized page is reformatting. You have been considered a threat by ad blocking software if you are only blocking intrusive ads. I cannot even use this site without an ad blocker.
[About XDA developers] [] AL []:
I understand the need to get revenue from somewhere... But looking at the bottom bar of my web browser (FF on my PC), I see an insane amount of connection attempts to various Google services (ads, analytics and what not), Facebook and a plethora of ads sites - it's insane! Xda has to be one of the slowest loading site I visit and it's not the forum pages themselves that cause this but all the _insert bad word__ around.

To top this, since about a week now, I can barely log in with the Tapatalk app. If I press refresh a couple, I might be lucky and get through, but then same story with pretty much any thread or page I switch to. Maybe only works 1 out of 10 trials.

I don't believe that the GFW wants to block xda itself, and my bet for the connection problems: the all the afore mentioned "side-connections".

I don't live in a Google/fb friendly place... and that affects (and now basically prevents) 1.4 billion people access to your site...
[About XDA developers] svetius:
Have you tried XDA Labs? It's an ad-free forum browsing experience for mobile that is pretty nice.
[About XDA developers] [] AL []:
Just installed it and will give it a spin.

Talking of which, I tried to thank you : icon change into a spinner and keep turning and turning....

Anyhow, part of my previous post mini-rant may very well be due in part to my new ISP messing things up. But still, as much as I like my themed Tapatalk app for it's looks, functionality and simplicity, it's more than time to move on to something new.

It was in my todo list to try xda labs, now thanks to you it's happening

:good:
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Likewise testing XDA labs app here. Thanks for the recommendation.

BTW It is more than just the volume of ads that is a problem, it is the fact that they are particularly intrusive. I think the down side is often under-appreciated, that being; people will just block the ads. I had never blocked ads on my droid until the XDA free app started to allow external popups. Now I block them.

[MENTION=3703649][] AL [][/MENTION], to your point about revenue: If not advertising is a loss of revenue then so is not reaching the eyes that would see the ads while still gaining a negative reputation for doing so in an intrusive manner.

As to the XDA website on PC: A script-blocker and rigid cookie control make for a much nicer experience. Nothing but content.
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Did you check the Safe Browsing Site Status tool by Google for XDA?
[About XDA developers] ksmileasl:
Here is the my ad! Forgive me if it is posted in the wrong. I could not see around the ad.

Thank you!!!!!
[About XDA developers] ksmileasl:
I am running that on my tablet but my work computer doesn't use Chrome (eye roll). Is there a way to fix that or should I just stick to my tablet?
[About XDA developers] hackslash:
That is not and ad. XDA Developers website won't load properly on IE.

IE is way too old. Why don't use Chromium instead?
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
This is an untrue statement. There are lots of reasons why someone might want to use an alternate browser, particularly one that offer some form of script blocking that might stop unwanted ads, but the XDA website loads as well in Internet Explorer as it does in any other browsers without script blocking.

This makes no sense. You dont even know what versions of IE this person is using.
[About XDA developers] hackslash:
My sincere apologies but for me, XDA website has never loaded properly on Internet Explorer 11.

However, you should also know now that Internet Explorer is deprecated and won't be supported in future as it will be replaced by Microsoft Edge. So it's a good practice to use latest browsers for security reasons, etc.

The site may load up properly for you in IE, but for me, never.

However, another cause for the site not loading up correctly could be poor internet connection. (I have used 256 kbps modem internet connection a year back from now)
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Without some form script blocking in the browser the XDA site is a bit messy, and Internet Explorer is a harder to protect than other browsers. If you are willing to invest some time and try a different browser you could try Firefox or Palemoon (Palemoon is a Firefox variant) and use a plug-ion called "No Script". There may be similar plug-ins for Chrome. I use Palemoon with the "No Script" plug-in and Chromium (the raw version of Chrome) with a plug-in called "Script Safe". Those solution require a bit of a learning curve but can be very effective. Going deeper - you could also try to use hosts file based domain blocking which would block entire advertising domains from your whole computer but might have downsides.

Before you try any of that you might want to try increasing the various security and privacy settings in Internet Explorer and clearing cache to see if those things imporve the situation.

---------- Post added at 03:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:45 AM ----------

My knee hurts but that does not mean everyone with a pain in their leg has a knee problem. The statement that XDA won't load properly on IE is just false even if a different browser is best for you at that connection speed.

IE 11 is not yet depreciated.

http://www.computerworld.com/articl...support--sets--huge--edict-for-jan--2016.html

At present Microsoft Edge is officially compatible only with Windows 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dow...126&e6b34bbe-475b-1abd-2c51-b5034bcdd6d2=True

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/microsoft-edge/hardware-and-software-requirements

As to updating to the newest browser right away (even if it were possible in the case of Edge) if the history of Microsoft browsers and OS over the past 25 years tells us anything, it is to not rush to the new version but to stick with a previous version as long as it still receives security updates through Microsoft update. Microsoft has tended to violate the spirit of the open format of web browsing (even though Edge is supposed to be better in that regard). Also, for many people the move to Windows 10/Edge will be a functional downgrade from other OS/browser combinations and this time around it might even be more important to stick to the old versions as long as possible as long as they can be kept secure and stable.

BTW: The combination of heavy advertising and slow internet connection are most likely the cause of your problems with the XDA website in IE (other than ad-pop-ups) and you might also benefit from the browser/plug-in combinations I recommended if you are not doing so already. ;)
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
XDA Site freaked out. Double post deleted.

---------- Post added at 03:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:14 AM ----------

I had been kicking around the idea of using XDA Labs and finally did so after seeing your post. It is very good indeed. It consumes a bit more data than XDA free/premium or just a web browser because it also checks app updates (and the interface is so nice it is hard to resist exploring) but it is feature rich and as you say ad free.

---------- Post added at 03:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:27 AM ----------

IMO, it wasn't the ads themselves as much as methods that were the problem. In that context, the paid service seems like a ransom for the restoring reasonable control of devices to their owners rather than just a way to avoid ads. Was there no way to continue delivering ads but with more reasonable methods?
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
Even though I use AdBlock, "xdaforums.com###cto_iframe_6ffaa9bc04" is sneaking thru. The URL seems to be changing after the "iframe_" part.
[About XDA developers] ksmileasl:
Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions.
[About XDA developers] mgutt:
This ad is annoying. It opens automatically without any interaction (at random, mainly if you do not have cookies set) and it is not possible to return to xda's website so I'm forced to close the window. Here's a screencast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDhqpqEV0GM
[About XDA developers] cbadk:
It has been like this for years. I have posted more than 3 complains about adverts like this - years ago - but they still keep using the same advertising companies. I'm pretty sure this is NOT Google's Adsense. Never had any adverts like this on any site with adsense, so yeah.

Let's see....

A simple search in the code and you find this file: http://tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/xda-developers.com.js

In that file you find:

Google Adsense

AppNexsus ( "//secure.adnxs.com/getuid?https://" + a.o + "/e/um.js?apn\x3d$UID\x26uid\x3d" )

and actually it seems it might have been a commercial from AppNexsus. Pretty sure it is. And now you can ask yourself, why the heck do they keep using the same company, if they know it's giving their users annoying and somewhat dangerous adverts? ...
[About XDA developers] mgutt:
Lets use the correct term: Phishing. I refuse to call that "advertising".
[About XDA developers] benj!:
Hi guys,

This is the third time I've had this popup ad on XDA now - took screenshots this time. Opens new tab and triggers haptic feedback.

Sad to say ad blocker is going on for XDA now - not good.
[About XDA developers] chrcol:
I would also pay 20usd a year, I think the risk of browsing without an adblocker is too much these days, but even so I try to whitelist sites I use a lot, however XDA is a mess when ad's are unfiltered.
[About XDA developers] Magissia:
Dear diary, today was special because I wasn't plagued with malware pages forcing its way on XDA. Hope it will continue this way.
[About XDA developers] Mic159:
Drop your ad network partner NOW!
[About XDA developers] agentfazexx:
I don't think they have any intentions of doing that. Just get AdBlock.
[About XDA developers] Dethfull:
Hello! YetAnotherWay for blocking jar files in app cache folders!

I am fusing ntfs on sdext2 with modded link2sd.

I created separated NTDATA FOLDER app cached for escape binary jar execution, and set the "group permissions" to 000

After created, i linked these new cache folder.

So, androed may be able to programatically change the cache folders permissions on ext2, but on ntfs they Crashed.

:D

Anyone readed that gogle is changing the adways method?

Ask them : REALLY WHY?
[About XDA developers] mrsirpantsalot:
Saw a thread here on xda by someone else that mentioned while browsing this site they would be requested to download multiple files.. Now I'm having the issue and I cannot locate the original poster or thread, ironic since search is being useless and Google is of no help.

Anyhow here is the suspicious link that keeps trying to download PDF's to my phone.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-4/general/change-size-navigation-bar-t2159270
[About XDA developers] pjc123:
Because of the "Win an Honor 8" ad on the right side of the screen, it takes so long for threads to show up so I can read them, waiting for the ad to load, that the forum has become unusable. I don't have a high end laptop with 4 processors and AC wifi, so maybe others don't notice it as much, but it is brutal. Everything else loads fine.
[About XDA developers] kadajawi:
Are you doing something to stop people from using adblockers? Cause When Adblock Plus is activated on Chrome, the page loads, and almost instantly disappears. If I press ESC often and fast enough I can sometimes get it to stop. Now, with ABP deactivated, everything works as it should. Is that intended? If so, ok, fine, but please write somewhere that it happens because you want us to see ads to support the site, and that this behavior will stop if we deactivate ABP for XDA. And if it is unintended...
[About XDA developers] :
Ads for sake

Ads for life, between you and your business Lol
[About XDA developers] josephcsible:
I got redirected off of XDA and onto a scareware site by a malicious ad.
[About XDA developers] Fit Cissy:
Please I needhelp

I am really sorry If I am breaking any rules but this is the only way I know I can reach you. I really need help..

I have just formated my sytem on my Samsung galaxy note 3 and now its not turning on.Please anybody help me find this solution please.. Since I am new here I not familiar with this site so I am not sure wheather I can getback here.. Please email me at ndraj86@gmail.com if u can help me
[About XDA developers] :
Please post in the Note 3 Q&A section:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3/help

:)