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OK, so sponsor’s adverts are excluded from the ‘ad free’ benefit of paid subscription, fair enough. Why though, do they have to be so large and intrusive? It’s not too bad on a phone, but in the Chrome browser on a laptop it takes up a huge chunk of screen space and makes accessing the stuff we come here for just a little more tedious. I’ve just done a screenshot to show that, but it seems the photo upload facility is kaput. Just making it a little more subtle and not having it dominate the screen seems a reasonable thing to expect imo.
Looks like that on mine too but there's a simple solution: just scroll down a bit...
A little twitch of your mouse wheel and Bob's your uncle.
I would say that that is an example of what ads should be like, Simple banner, no animation, doesn't get in the way too much, and purposefully chosen and placed there by those that run the site.
It's the ads that trigger epilepsy and take over the entire browser to the point I can see or concentrate on the actual content that cheese me off.
Looks like that on mine too but there’s a simple solution: just scroll down a bit…
Thanks for that. So same technique as on a REACH local news site? Got it.
Hmm… might be time to buy a second pair…
They have a sale on knives too, which I’m trying to resist. Be good for a croissant.
Do we get a discount? 😀
No ads, but the broken stuff comes free to everyone.
Better be quick Drac.
Yeah going fast.
My original reply got 501 Bad Gateway'd haha
As a non paid for member, I have to admit that I'm not tempted to pay thanks to the issues raised in threads like this.
The forum is ok on my phone, save for the horribly slow page load thanks to all the pop ups etc, and you can't see much on each page due to them (oh and that bloody annoying Google vignette full page takeover).
But I now avoid the site on my MacBook. Within 90 secs of browsing my laptop wants to take off it gets so hot trying to process the site. The only way I can calm it down is by turning the computer off. Only MS Teams gets it so hot, but at least when I come off there the computer calms down.
I'm sure the mods will tell me it's an issue with my laptop, but sadly stw is the only site that does this, and it's every time I visit 😔
It probably is your laptop if it isn't one of the new model Macs...I use one at work, the previous model went absolutely mental with the fan on this site (and only this site for web browsing - Photoshop also got the laptop almost levitating due to the amount of fan usage). I then got a newer model Mac and it remains absolutely silent on here.
No idea the difference as I'm not a Mac fanboy so as far as I'm concerned it is an over-priced version of a PC that does everything a windows machine can do - but in an alloy case.
I might run this as the new banner ad though. 
A tough one for STW in that reducing reliance on non-behavioural advertising is the right to do. For those of us who care about privacy and behavioural advertising (where acceptance of cookies on STW through very questionable consent pages allows for tracking across the web, and not just on STW), the move back to standard publisher use of ads is a good thing (showing ads that are deemed to be interesting to many readers but not reliant on personal data).
So, yes, the banners are ads, but they’re not reliant on shitty adtech, which means I’d be more likely to renew my sub’, even with ads. Of course, don’t forget the mag’ has ads too. Not a problem when handled properly because ads offset higher issue/subscription costs.
Nb as I was too late to edit, first line should be: <i>A </i><i>tough one for STW in that reducing reliance on behavioural advertising is the right to do </i>(!).
And now a pop-up on every page.
Thanks. 🥴
And now a pop-up on every page
The really annoying members one in the bottom left?
Click the X. It goes away. It's a notice for full members about a new benefit that's now available.
It doesn’t go away.
Ha! Now it has! Keep clicking it ‘till it does…
I confess I saw it, assumed it was an ad and clicked on it until it went away. What member-exclusive benefit did I miss?
10% off at Mountain Warehouse. New deal added to the Members Discount system
Well that’s annoying
Click the X
It would be nice to have the option to tick a box in preferences and never get to see any promotional banners, pop ups, featured classified pics etc ever again.
I had it. Clicked the X and not seen it since. Took all of 2 seconds from seeing it.
1 min on google and you’ll get a 10% discount for mountain warehouse….
I checked I was logged in, then clicked the x...not a big deal really but still worthy of a moan - not for the advert but for making me have to check I was logged in.
I'm also logged in and now getting a Mountain Warehouse advert plastered over my screen - not happy.
If only there was an area of the forum where members could be informed of new members discounts.
We could call it the Members forum.
A warehouse for storing mountains in would have to be really huge, probably better to leave them where they are.
My page has been flooded with non-susscriber ads since yesterday - still problems?
Better check my membership hasn't expired s'pose!
You’re showing as a free member…
Coincidence maybe, just had the email to say my subscription payment failed (because I've switched bank accounts since last year), d'oh
Coincidence maybe, just had the email to say my subscription payment failed (because I’ve switched bank accounts since last year), d’oh
Whereas I hadn't changed banks and mine failed too...and yes, there was plenty of money in 😂 (for the moment anyway)
Another one having problems renewing my subscription, while feeling somewhat pissed off that my ‘ad free’ experience isn’t ad free. It’s not even something bike related, just some random clothes company.
It’s not even something bike related, just some random clothes company.
Have they got a sale on?
They have a policy not to do them.
DFS have a sale on, you could cheap-out and buy some curtains to make into a shirt
Not only are there ads for subscribers, the owner of the company placing those ads then spams threads with further advertisements (before getting deleted by the mods). Bit of a pee take!
Not only are there ads for subscribers, the owner of the company placing those ads then spams threads with further advertisements (before getting deleted by the mods). Bit of a pee take!
Are you new here?
You only need say his name three times and Pffff, he’ll appear