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How much does it cost to get an ad free subscription to Democratic Underground. I have already paid $50.00 and the Amazon videos keep coming

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Click on the "My DU" tab and then click on Star Membership

How to donate to DU should be there. Welcome to DU!

[Timewas]

2. Any amount

You would like to contribute.......

[Kali]

3. you have a star, you shouldn't be getting any ads

and especially not videos??? it might be your browser or an infection? sorry I am not very knowlegeble or helpful but I do know with a star membership (for as little as $5 I think) you should be completely ad free. someone should be along with possible suggestions.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Agree with Kali - Are you still seeing ads? Since you now have a Star by your name you shouldn't be seeing ads

Welcome to DU!

[3auld6phart]

5. I

Got a beef.a bloody big google blurb takes up almost 3/4 of my I pad screen.no matter how I try to get rid of it .it keeps showing up.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. That qualifies for DU Help, I recommend that you send a message to EarlG in the DU Help Forum

Sounds extremely annoying! Good luck!

DU Community Help
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1256

[3auld6phart]

7. Thaks

Much appreciated. Not being ‘putor savvy will wait for my son to help me out. In Feb…

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Same here, but obviously DU founder EarlG is the expert and should be able to help

[Skittles]

9. make sure you are always logged in

yes indeed

[LearnedHand]

10. Clear your browser cache to the beginning of time

Clear everything that can be cleared, then close all browser pages and launch a wholly new session. Clearing cache is a simple, magical action that solves lots of puzzling browser behavior.

[Sector 001]

11. Install ublock origin on your browser.

https://ublockorigin.com

[Yellowdog-1966]

12. I use Firefox on everything with Ublock

Never see any ads. My phone defaults to Chrome(Side News bar) but it has "open with..."
I hate it when I use my PC at work via Edge, It slows me down with all the distractions. Work PC is locked down now. Last year I used FF but can't install it anymore.

[ItsjustMe]

13. Why would you use Firefox?

That browser is garbage, always has been.

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202310-202410

Do you have a tattoo?

[Yellowdog-1966]

14. Always worked for me

Going for five+ years without problems. I use Android, Windows 11 and Linux.

[ItsjustMe]

15. I stopped using Linux way back in 2007.

Linux on the desktop is pretty much dead.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide#monthly-202310-202410

[hunter]

16. I'll only use Microsoft or Apple products if someone pays me to.

My home machines run Linux.

I've been on the internet since the late 'seventies. (I'm deliberately vague about that for privacy reasons.) The first real operating system I regularly used was BSD.

I started using Windows 3.1 because it was the most convenient way for me to run the Mosaic browser. (Been in the same room as Marc Andreessen a few times along the way.) I quit Windows at 98SE, just a couple of days after the Opera browser for Linux was released.

But what's that got to do with login problems on DU?

Go ahead and sneer if you like, I'm writing this on a $100 Chromebook. The most I've ever paid for a computer was $300 for a shop-worn 386.

Most of my computers are diverted from the e-waste bins. I put in a new hard drive, max out the memory, install Linux, copy over my home directory, and I'm good to go. It makes me happy and I don't have to pirate anything.

[ItsjustMe]

17. 😂

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/07/linus-torvalds-microsoft-hatred-is-a-disease/

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-202310-202410

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide#monthly-202310-202410

[hunter]

18. I don't hate Microsoft or Apple. I just don't have any compelling reason to use their software.

I have no idea what you use your computers for. Apparently a lot of your favorite software tools and computer entertainments are limited to Windows machines.

This thread has careened so far off topic I'll leave it there.