Browsing Spain's Burbuja forum on mobile requires an ad blocker
Invasive advertising on Burbuja.info makes mobile browsing impossible without an ad blocker. Find out why Brave and Ghostery are practically mandatory and what happens with
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Browsing Spain's Burbuja forum on mobile requires an ad blocker
The experience of using Burbuja, Spain's real estate forum, from a smartphone has become, according to numerous accounts, literally unbearable without an ad blocker. Invasive advertising not only floods the screen, but also causes stuttering, freezes and excessive CPU usage that makes the device heat up.
Ads that won't close and rock-bottom performance
Ads on the mobile version play continuously: even when the user closes them, they reappear within seconds. On top of that, browsing becomes erratic, with the forum «sluggish» or frozen every other minute. Even the simplest action, such as giving thanks, requires patience. In some cases, the phone's CPU spikes, which has led to suspicions that the server is using users' devices to mine cryptocurrency.
The solution: browsers with built-in blocking
To ease these problems, users turn to browsers like Brave, which blocks ads and trackers by default, or to extensions like Ghostery and Privacy Badger. Brave also offers an «Origin» version without artificial intelligence for purists. However, Huawei phone owners face an additional barrier: unable to install Brave from the official store, they are trapped in the ads with no way out.
Beyond performance: the shadow of trackers
The Privacy Badger tool detects up to 9 potential trackers on the page, suggesting the advertising is not just annoying but intrusive. Some comments claim the forum administrator sells users' data, although this is unproven.
Until the administration tackles the problem at its root, the only way to browse the forum decently on mobile is to install an ad blocker. Or, as an adapted saying goes, «a first-world forum needs a browser up to the task».
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The experience of using Burbuja, Spain's real estate forum, from a smartphone has become, according to numerous accounts, literally unbearable without an ad blocker. Invasive advertising not only floods the screen, but also causes stuttering, freezes and excessive CPU usage that makes the device heat up.
Ads that won't close and rock-bottom performance
Ads on the mobile version play continuously: even when the user closes them, they reappear within seconds. On top of that, browsing becomes erratic, with the forum «sluggish» or frozen every other minute. Even the simplest action, such as giving thanks, requires patience. In some cases, the phone's CPU spikes, which has led to suspicions that the server is using users' devices to mine cryptocurrency.
The solution: browsers with built-in blocking
To ease these problems, users turn to browsers like Brave, which blocks ads and trackers by default, or to extensions like Ghostery and Privacy Badger. Brave also offers an «Origin» version without artificial intelligence for purists. However, Huawei phone owners face an additional barrier: unable to install Brave from the official store, they are trapped in the ads with no way out.
Beyond performance: the shadow of trackers
The Privacy Badger tool detects up to 9 potential trackers on the page, suggesting the advertising is not just annoying but intrusive. Some comments claim the forum administrator sells users' data, although this is unproven.
Until the administration tackles the problem at its root, the only way to browse the forum decently on mobile is to install an ad blocker. Or, as an adapted saying goes, «a first-world forum needs a browser up to the task».
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