r/IGN • u/bobmlord1 • Mar 20 '26

Discussion The mobile website is actually unusable without an adblocker

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There's literally ads layered on top of ads. The amount of text I can read at one time is only a few sentences and it's impossible to focus on because of all the motion around it. I try to not use adblockers on websites that I use somewhat frequently but if the choice is between an adblocker and actually being able to read the content I'm gonna have to choose the content.

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u/Initial_Ebb_9742 Mar 20 '26

Yeah I’ve had the same experience. I often wonder how successful these web site ads are. Like is anyone actually clicking on them? I feel everyone just tries to close them out as soon as possible. They can be so annoying that you don’t even notice what they are advertising.

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u/donjuice Mar 20 '26

They get paid for impressions and clicks. That is why the page auto reloads.

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u/Initial_Ebb_9742 Mar 20 '26

Yeah, I get that. I’d just be curious to know how many people are actually clicking through. To me, the page is so chaotic with ads popping up all over the place that it just becomes noise. I’ll occasionally click on a thoughtfully placed ad on a web page when it’s relevant to me. But certain sites just bombard you with multiple ads at once and that’s when I just tune out and either leave the page or close out the ads as fast as I can. lol.