Our stance on ads and ad blockers

[Padawan 0]

Hi. I understand ads as a revenue source to keep this site going is important. But as someone who reads on mobile (chrome, Android phone) the ads are becoming untenable. Ads are constantly making the page jump around, if not completely blocking the content and coming back after closing them to be able to see your content.  Sometimes they leave the section to get to a different page, but block the whole article,  others it's a "total page takeover" that when you scroll past the ad, you've also gone past a bunch of the article itself. (Pictures attached)

I'm sure the intention isn't to make the site feel unusable to those who aren't able to financially support directly and so pay with ad views. This, however, is the most ad filled mobile site I've ever experienced and it has begun to feel unusable in this state. 

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Edited yesterday at 10:06 AM by Padawan

[Natalia 44]

On 8/16/2026 at 1:04 PM, Padawan said:

Hi. I understand ads as a revenue source to keep this site going is important. But as someone who reads on mobile (chrome, Android phone) the ads are becoming untenable. Ads are constantly making the page jump around, if not completely blocking the content and coming back after closing them to be able to see your content.  Sometimes they leave the section to get to a different page, but block the whole article,  others it's a "total page takeover" that when you scroll past the ad, you've also gone past a bunch of the article itself. (Pictures attached)

I'm sure the intention isn't to make the site feel unusable to those who aren't able to financially support directly and so pay with ad views. This, however, is the most ad filled mobile site I've ever experienced and it has begun to feel unusable in this state. 

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hi!

Thank you for taking the time to report this type of ad. Indeed, despite being there to generate revenue, ads should not block access to the content for users, regardless of whether they have a paid subscription or not. This type of ad has been reported to the ad agency and is being looked into so that it does not run like this, blocking access to content.