[SOLVED] Forum riddled with adverts

[TheOldPresbyope]

Come on, folks, show the same curiosity about the forum that we have about the moOde WebUI.

I just ran wget http://moodeaudio.org/forum/index.html (the index.html is implied when one uses just moodeaudio.org/forum)

The index.html file I got is 580 lines of typical HTML and Javascript code. That's pretty sparse compared to some.

Embedded in it are the "smoking gun" divs I was looking for. Here's the header ad

Code:

<!-- Forum Header Ad -->
                       <div style="text-align: center;border: 1px solid #ddd;margin:.25em 0 .15em 0;">
                               <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
                               <ins class="adsbygoogle"
                                        style="display:block"
                                        data-ad-client="ca-pub-698280690xxxxxxxx"
                                        data-ad-slot="69267xxxxx"
                                        data-ad-format="auto"
                                        data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
                               <script>
                               (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
                               </script>
                       </div>

and there's a corresponding, somewhat differently organized <!-- Forum Footer Ad -->.

I gotta assume this helps defray the cost of running the Forum services.

I don't know how Amazon goes about injecting ads into browser content on their ad-supported tablets but I presume it's a separate mechanism because AFAIK the Fire OS doesn't run any Google services.

On a personal note, I don't mind ads per se, but I do mind that based on my usage habits with Chrome on my iPad, Google seems to have decided this version of me is a survivalist. Chrome keeps showing me ads for bullet-proof vests and other mayhem-oriented products.  

I've run various ad blocker extensions on my laptop browsers for years. They all seem to work. I'm particularly fond of the ethical principles behind the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) PrivacyBadger. Unfortunately, setting anything up on an Android or iOS device is a bit of a pain (in $$ or sweat equity). At home there's always the possibility of running something like Pi-hole on the LAN but then one gets into DNS setup details.

Regards,
Kent