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hydrolastic

(522 posts) Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:43 AM Jul 2020

Freezing i pad ,iPhones and mac

Hello. So typical boomer Struggling with typing with my thumbs, autocorrect, and eyesight. Seeing fine print and not understanding the computer words. Wife and i moved a couple of years ago and the bill for cable was outrageous so we cut the cord so to speak. For what we do its perfect. No sports, You tube tv for msnbc and a couple of shows. The office and housewives for her. Anyway I am getting irritated with the devices we have (listed above) freezing up wile streaming tv. Its seems to be related to ads trying to take over and then they lock up . I have to double click and swipe the screen closed then reopen sometimes a couple of times and when it starts there will be an ad that was trying to take over it will immediately start with the ad. Its now getting to be a daily or multiple times daily. yesterday it happened during the Mary Trump interview and i lost the second half of it when it reloaded. What can i do about these Ads? Hydro My Neighbor says it was all from Adjit Pai in 2017 that he lobbied the Trump admin for more advertising.

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Freezing i pad ,iPhones and mac (Original Post) hydrolastic Jul 2020 OP

AdBlock should help gristy Jul 2020 #1

Check your download speed Freethinker65 Jul 2020 #2

How do you check that? And then what is a good speed? hydrolastic Jul 2020 #4

Try this site PJMcK Jul 2020 #5

Ok downloaded it hydrolastic Jul 2020 #3

there should be a little AdBlock icon in the URH corner gristy Jul 2020 #6

I used to use adblock Lulu KC Jul 2020 #7

On your iPad, the EPIC browser works and is simpler to use than Ad-block Tetrachloride Jul 2020 #8

gristy

(10,719 posts)

1. AdBlock should help

Reply to hydrolastic (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 09:50 AM

Jul 2020

easy to download and install https://www.getadblock.com/

Freethinker65

(11,134 posts)

2. Check your download speed

Reply to hydrolastic (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:00 AM

Jul 2020

Pretty sure many devices connected to the same wifi at once can cause decrease in speed and increase in buffering. Also, the closer the device is to the router the faster the download speed.

hydrolastic

(522 posts)

4. How do you check that? And then what is a good speed?

Reply to Freethinker65 (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:08 AM

Jul 2020

as above

PJMcK

(22,883 posts)

5. Try this site

Reply to hydrolastic (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:19 AM

Jul 2020

https://www.speedtest.net

That will give the you download and upload speeds. Compare them with the rates your ISP claims.

Ad blocker apps help keep your streaming from getting clogged, (mostly).

Also, you might be suffering from buffering issues because your ISP may have throttled your data transfer rates. Without paying for enhanced service, there's not much you can do to fix that problem.

Good luck.

hydrolastic

(522 posts)

3. Ok downloaded it

Reply to hydrolastic (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 10:04 AM

Jul 2020

I downloaded it and it asked me to trust it so i did . It then asked me for money i didn't give it any but it says that its "installed" on the tab. Is it working? and do i have to do it on all devices in the house?

gristy

(10,719 posts)

6. there should be a little AdBlock icon in the URH corner

Reply to hydrolastic (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 11:24 AM

Jul 2020

On the same row as your URL window, just below all your tabs. Left-click it and you get some choices. Yes, you have to install it on any device that you want to block ads. You'll know it's working when ads are much reduced as you surf.

Lulu KC

(4,183 posts)

7. I used to use adblock

Reply to hydrolastic (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 12:12 PM

Jul 2020

and it was pretty good, but I had a lot of pages that wouldn't open b/c of it.
I switched to using the Brave browser, which automatically blocks ads. It's almost magical. I NEVER see ads, and I also NEVER see "please turn off your adblocker."
There are some qualities I miss about Safari, but I'm pretty impressed by it.

Tetrachloride

(8,447 posts)

8. On your iPad, the EPIC browser works and is simpler to use than Ad-block

Reply to hydrolastic (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 06:23 PM

Jul 2020

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