Obi-Wanma

I haven't seen anyone besides you mention problems with the desktop version of the site. Maybe you're just lucky.

b2net

Still getting hit. Fortunately I'm using the workaround which blocks the redirects and allows me to stay in the forum.

I would prefer the redirects stop though.

TheBang

Go back through the posts in this thread. I, myself, have posted at least 2 reports of hijacks on the desktop site, and there have been others.

Obi-Wanma

Well let me ask you this, do you browse the forum without being logged in? Because I never do that, and I don't even get ads of any kind on the desktop site.

Sonic

Why would a user that uses a desktop not have an ad-blocker?

I don't get it? There are dozens of ways to protect yourself from malicious ads. Why browse the web naked?

The Cow

Agree.

Nothing wrong with surfing naked, but that doesn't have anything to do with ad-blockers.

The Cow

Agree.

Why not?

Adam Tyner

So that the sites I read will continue to exist.

TheBang

No.

It's only happened a couple times, and I visit several times a week, but it HAS happened.

Sonic

It's dangerous and costly.

Hope they ain't throwing you persistent ads that vibrate your mobile

b2net

Not sure which of the two ads was the offender (I sometimes suspect it may just be the ad service itself), so I tried to get a screenshot showing both after getting a screenshot of only one..

b2net

At least 2 or 3 times every time I visit the site there are redirects. I am not screenshot-ing all of them. I am catching some of them. I am trying not to capture duplicates. Here is a new one. Would someone please fix this for us.

The Cow

If anyone at IB needs more captures, I can provide them from iPhone. I'm not posting them unsolicited anymore since this PROBLEM seems to fall on deaf ears. I only tried once again because of the other problem where the default randomly changes from desktop site back to mobile sometimes.

The mobile site is unusable.

kefrank

QFT. I quit even trying to browse the site on mobile awhile ago. You would think that's something IB would care about since making the site completely unusable on a platform such that people stop going to it would reduce ad revenue not increase it.

fumanstan

I don't use an ad blocker on desktop, never really felt the need to. As for redirects though, never had an issue on desktop with Chrome either and i'm on the site multiple times a day.

Mobile is practically unusable though, and pretty ridiculous that it's been a problem for this long.

b2net

Getting nailed by many of the same ads I've been reporting these last few weeks. If you are doing something about it, whatever action you are taking isn't working yet.

Big Boy Laroux

Quoting for agreement/visibility. Can we make it even bigger? i can barely get 2 pages open on mobile before the redirects hit.

IBJoel

Hi guys,

I'm well aware of the difficulty of the mobile site. I spent 90min yesterday doing testing for our tech team. And you are correct, our former approach wasn't working. At this point, we are looking into some 3rd party options.

TheBang

Well, I guess that's something. I hope you guys finally figure out a course of action to take. It's literally been a year and half though, so please make sure you follow through.

Meathead

We have been telling you this for months and months!

RichC2

Google pushed a Chrome update this week that stops Ad redirects on Android devices and Firefox didn't have the same issue. So uh rejoice!

IBJoel

I'm not the one that needs convincing, food chain doesn't stop with me. The good news is though, that the right people are now listening and taking action.

Meathead

You'd think with all the complaints across all the forums IB owns, it wouldn't have taken this long... but if something is finally being done about it then great!

VinVega

Amazingly I have not gotten any pop ups on my Android device today.

b2net

The lack of popups has me curious. Was it a fix to the site or was it the update to Android Chrome?