topic Re: WHY DOES AARP INSIST ON BLOCKING THE "SKIP AD" BUTTON ON THE SITE AND APP???? VERY DEC in AARP Rewards Connect

WHY DOES AARP INSIST ON BLOCKING THE "SKIP AD" BUTTON ON THE SITE AND APP???? VERY DECEPTIVE :-(

KevinHoffmanEst — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:19:32 GMT

Every single time an awards video opens, it opens with an ad, and the bottom right after 5-10 seconds the "SKIP AD" button will pop up, but 100% of the time it is blocked off.

Just very deceptive to people and probably the more computer illiterate. Maybe not a big deal to some but I think it's just sucks we cant just hit play and not have to go thru this nonsense to get rid of a repetitive ad

Re: WHY DOES AARP INSIST ON BLOCKING THE "SKIP AD" BUTTON ON THE SITE AND APP???? VERY DEC

nctarheel — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 20:26:33 GMT

@KevinHoffmanEst,

Why don't you add AdBlockerPlus to your browser that you use for AARP?

It is free.

Easy to install.

And it gets rid of the ads on AARP'S web site.

Re: WHY DOES AARP INSIST ON BLOCKING THE "SKIP AD" BUTTON ON THE SITE AND APP???? VERY DEC

al45009948 — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 04:20:50 GMT

Hello everyone 🤗. Yes I too have had this problem. As we all know, AARP must make as much money as they can. I once had a 3 minute ad pop up but I was able to skip it. Most of the ads won't allow you to skip until at least half the ad has played so AARP can get paid. As @nctarhee mentioned you go to your app store and download AdBlock Plus. ( It's a browser like Chrome and Edge) I downloaded the app AdBlock Browser from Google Play Store ( if you have a iphone, just got your Apple Store) and so far it's not showing any ads. I've looked at 6 videos and no ads. Give it a try. I'm just saying