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Google ads are rampant on the site

Just today, I noticed the bombardment of Google ads on the A'gon site. These obnoxious ads previously only appeared on the mobile app but now they are a P.I.T.A. here on the desktop app. Any ideas how to thwart/eliminate these nuisance time wasting ads?

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@Dill...what operating system are you using? Can't find 'Ghostery" in the windows store...

 

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Windows 10 & 11. Just Google it.

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Ad blocking is making the Audiogon site almost unusable for me, most listings show sometimes over a thousand blocked ads in AdblockPlus.  I have to wait until it finishes loading all the blocked ads to navigate. 

 

 

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@dolsey...Sorry to say I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this aggravating nonsense. I have been in touch with the administrators as of the day of this posting (06/10/23) and stated they're seeking a resolution from the site developers. The work-around I incorporated is using the Vivaldi browser which works in eliminating this nonsense but is not as convenient as MS Edge which is my default browser...

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