06-09-2023, 07:39 PM | #1 |
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Calibre Website Ads - Just a Thought
The Calibre website wants me to turn off trackers so that it can be ad supported. I don’t do that because I don’t want trackers on. I would however be happy to click through several ads (even answer a question to prove I looked at them) for a site I want to support. At a couple unremembered sites this was done. I could go through more ads to provide more support (and was happy to do that at those sites to provide support). I would do this at Calibre to help support them, although I primarily use my iPhone and Calibre isn’t available for it. This is just a thought about an alternate way to get support from those who do not want to turn on trackers.
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06-09-2023, 09:43 PM | #2 |
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What trackers? The calibre website uses google analytics, thats it.
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06-10-2023, 10:15 AM | #3 |
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There are no adverts.
Maybe the message is from your browser. |
06-10-2023, 10:16 AM | #4 |
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I have also sometimes gotten that pop up when clicking to update to the newest version of Calibre. I did not get it with the last update.
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06-10-2023, 12:20 PM | #5 |
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Calibre Web Site? As in Calibre-ebook.com? I see ads from Adchoices
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06-10-2023, 12:40 PM | #6 |
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06-10-2023, 01:02 PM | #7 |
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06-10-2023, 01:04 PM | #8 | |
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06-10-2023, 02:41 PM | #9 |
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It is not the above page that pops up for me. It is the page that Calibre sends you to when you click to get the newest update.
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06-11-2023, 03:50 AM | #10 |
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This is what I see. The popup is apparently generated by https://www.getadmiral.com.
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06-11-2023, 03:56 AM | #11 |
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This will come from the ads displaying service, probably when it thinks you have an ad blocker installed.
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06-11-2023, 05:21 AM | #12 |
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I've tried it with Firefox with the ad blocker and Ghostry turned off. I've also tried it with Microsoft Edge (I keep it vanilla). And neither showed adverts.
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