what are these things called ads of which you speak?WHAT IN THE WORLD is with the website?
Very, very unprofessional, in my opinion.
Ugh.
There was a full-page popup originally, which I had to close. Then at the bottom of the page, another one popped up, then there were several smaller ads on the page itself.
LA Times needs to control its advertising, bigtime.
Feel free to cancel this if it is a waste of space.
:D
Just ranting.
My son put an app called “uBlock” in my browser, and I no longer have problems with ads.
Too bad I can’t lend you my son for a few minutes to do the same for you.
Welcome to the web and innovations in web site capabilites. Popups are growing.
I don’t think the LA Times is alone in this practice. A lot of websites are more or less unreadable. Sometimes you get a little tiny window to read the story and the rest is ads.
Even on Drudge, I rarely ever click to the LA Times, NY Times, etc. .... there are usually alternatives to the fake news sites.
what are these things called ads of which you speak?I get that ads are what allow news sites to make money, just like ads in newspapers did in the past. What bugs me, and I assume many others, is how obtrusive they’ve become. I haven’t installed a blocker just because I want quality sites to be able to earn income from my visits — but sites like the one you describe, and so many others I visit every day are making it seem tempting :/
Obviously, they want you to subscribe. I’m not sure, but you might not see some ads if you subscribe - at least the popovers I’d guess.
This is the first excerpted vanity I’ve ever seen.
uBlock Origin
Ghostery
Get the addons for your browser. Eliminates the crap you are complaining about. Both are free.
https://www.ublock.org/
https://www.ghostery.com/
You are welcome.
I have seen at least one case where I was able to read articles that should have been blocked to me (as a non-subscriber or ad-blocker). I suspect that this was because NoScript was blocking the JavaScript that would have blocked me from seeing the article, so it came on through in-the-clear.
I hope this worthless piece of trash dies a .....slow.....dishonorable.....death.
Free to you choices to help you.
Try Adblock Plus. Free for several common browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, IE and Edge.
Separately, if you want to limit/eliminate the Google search trail and leave it cold, try Startpage. There are others too.
A recent secure browser alternative is “Brave” built by the person who designed Firefox after he left them. This one is relatively new, but has good potential and easy, intuitive interface.
Avast “free” Antivirus also offers Avast SafeZone Browser.
https://www.avast.com/en-us/index
Opera Browser.
Worth noting, the browser “Opera” includes a free Virtual Personal Network (VPN) built into the browser. This can be very beneficial to limit/eliminate unwanted viewing of your Internet connections especially important for on line banking or purchasing. I think of it like running water down a pipe that others cannot see except at both ends verses running water down an open trough for all to see, monitor, record and limit. As a side benefit, a VPN keeps the Internet provider/cable company from knowing you are streaming a video whereby they reduce your download speed accordingly over time.
Another thought, consider rebooting your router and modem sometimes/periodically to change the temporary IP (I think this is the right term or close like dynamic) addressing to keep your IP provider from reducing your speeds and volume over time. I know one IT person who shuts his home one off for a couple days periodically to make sure the temp IP changes which helps keep others from sniffing etc. He just uses another source for a couple of days.
I hope this can help.
install ghostary
no ads.
Download the BRAVE browser. It takes ads out. Works great.
Bonus: started up by the guy who invented Firefox browser, the guy who they fired because he supports biblical marriage.
websites ain’t free
Get ad blocker.