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VANITY: Drudge Blocking Adblock Plus Users ?
me ^ | today | Onona

Posted on 07/07/2017 12:37:33 PM PDT by onona

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To: doorgunner69

#36 I found when I had some sites blocked that it was my Netgear router.
They had instructions at their site to take your computer’s mac address and add in the router settings.

Start> Run and type cmd then ipconfig to get the router address like 198.162.1.1
You enter your login. If you do not know it you can google the brand and get the generic account. If that does not work then use the reset button on the router, usually a pinhole you use a paperclip
.
Pages started loading quicker overall and Free Republic also loaded normal. The posting part is not as slow either.

Start button> Run> cmd
A black window opens, type: ipconfig /all
The Physical address is the mac address you use.


61 posted on 07/07/2017 4:23:55 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

Hmmm, run ipconfig and get a very brief DOS screen that vanishes instantly.


62 posted on 07/07/2017 4:31:16 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: onona

Here is what to do:

(1) get the addon NoScript also, learn to to use it of course. It can be a little annoying until you get everything set. If frustrated just use the menu item “temporarily allow all this page” and it generally will make the page work as though you were not using NoScript. However for commonly used pages it is best to make all the outside third party pages that you do not like “untrusted” one at a time until your usual sites are working the way you want but much more securely due to not running numerous privacy and security sucking third party scripts.

(2) make drudgereport.com “UNTRUSTED” on NoScript — this will prevent javascript from running on drudgereport. The only things it is really needed for are (a) to “refresh” drudge which it does every 1-2 minutes sometimes — can be annoying, and (b) to run the new style ads!

Without javascript plus with adblock plus (and I use ghostery simultaneously) drudge seems to behave just like its normal old self with the ads properly blocked.


63 posted on 07/07/2017 4:34:59 PM PDT by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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To: jonno; Semper911
So, I just re-installed Firefox, and now Drudge works.

Previously was Chrome only. Guess I'll have to mix it up.

Thanks Jonno

64 posted on 07/07/2017 4:49:34 PM PDT by onona (Stop stonewalling Judicial Watch and release the documents)
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To: onona

Drudge is blocking me. Guess I’ll stop going there. If enough people stop going maybe he will notice but with a billion hits per day I doubt he will.


65 posted on 07/07/2017 4:54:02 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: humblegunner
Isn’t Drudge a queer? He probably uses the ad revenue to hook up with guys in parking lots.

Shid dawg, it's always been free for me!

66 posted on 07/07/2017 5:34:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: doorgunner69

type cmd, then in the command window you can type ipconfig.


67 posted on 07/07/2017 5:37:09 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: newfreep; nerdwithamachinegun
uBlock Origin

Thank you. Good tip. Working better than AdBlockPlus ever did on Chromebook.

68 posted on 07/07/2017 6:03:22 PM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Chickensoup

Ya, I know that, that was my point.


69 posted on 07/07/2017 6:21:14 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: onona

I will not turn off my Ad Blocker to visit Drudge. I was seeing ads even with it on before. He has changed something.
Adios!


70 posted on 07/07/2017 6:43:07 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: onona

I use the current version of Firefox and Adblock Plus. I also use NoScript and Ghostery and Drudge comes up just fine. The great thing is the Drudge site doesn’t auto refresh.

This combo I am using also makes Breitbart easy to access without all the junk.


71 posted on 07/07/2017 7:35:48 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: onona

You’re very welcome.

I use Chrome occasionally - especially for some database related apps at work (for these, Chrome tends to run faster).

However, for internet browsing I prefer Firefox - especially on my 64-bit PCs.

FYI: My only complaint with FF is that it tends to chew up more RAM than other browsers - but this is only an issue on the few 32-bit PCs that I run. In these cases I keep an eye on my memory usage and start closing unneeded apps if I start to approach the 4Gb physical memory limit. If you’re running windows you can monitor this using ‘Task Manager’.


72 posted on 07/07/2017 10:13:46 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: onona
Part of the modern world - they finance themselves via advertisers and advertisers don't want to pay for a billboard that is "dark" 80% of the time.

If I really want to go to such sites, I turn the ad blockers off for them.

Makes one appreciate FR and the concept of users funding the site....we should all

Donate to FR

73 posted on 07/08/2017 3:10:02 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: bboop
Seems like Drudge is all ads, all the time.

Drudge has remarkably few ads.

Drudge's problem is the annoying auto-refresh every other minute. But that's easily solved with a trivial browser extension. And it's only a problem if you leave him up. Why would you do that?

And if you go to a site, there’s another bunch of them.

That's not Drudge's problem. That's a general problem!

Sites keep loading indefinitely, even though you don't see much of anything new. Your CPU fans spin up. Scrolling gets laggy. Your browser scarfs up memory! It's the problem of the runaway ad-tech engines that the moron webmasters have been persuaded to install. You check your browser's Network tab and see megabytes and megabytes of who knows what being downloaded.

You have two choices: ad-blockers or the nuclear option.

The nuclear option is, you disable JavaScript for the offending site. Ad-tech engines are JavaScript monstrosities. No JavaScript, no ad-tech. But nuclear is famous for collateral damage. E.g., videos don't play, images are gone or blurry, menus don't open.

It's quite possible to remedy these effects using content scripts (e.g., one major ancient conservative journal shows a white screen with JS turned off, but that's because they set body to display:none — trivial to fix with a content script). But it does take effort.

Might as well use an ad-blocker. These do not block JS, but prevent loading the ad-tech engines using a black list of IP addresses.

74 posted on 07/08/2017 4:26:48 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: nerdwithamachinegun

Now that you mention it..that happened to me too. I forget what site I was on. do you have a link to ublock?


75 posted on 07/08/2017 8:57:56 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! “Laughing my #Ossoff)
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To: w1cbs
I’m not sure I understand the concept of “ad blockers”. Don’t people or companies post content that you want to see to make money? No ad revenue, no content.

Somebody gets it - thank you!! I swear, some of the attitudes on here make me think we have a group that would go into Chick-Fil-A to fill their pockets/purses with ketchup packets without ordering anything. Just 'cause they can!

76 posted on 07/08/2017 10:32:46 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: nerdwithamachinegun
uBlock Origin working fine on drudge

Not mine. I use Firefox w/ uBlock. No go.

77 posted on 07/08/2017 2:12:10 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: onona

I googled it and found this

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

I use firefox, but there may be a similar solution for your browser.

It worked immediately.


78 posted on 07/08/2017 6:55:58 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Thanks, that appears to have solved the problem, plus, No ads.


79 posted on 07/09/2017 7:13:42 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: onona

Drudge just blocked me.
guess i’ll just have to come here first thing in the morning for now on..


80 posted on 07/09/2017 8:46:32 AM PDT by mowowie
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