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cadbane: BAM!ID: 23282; Joined: 2007-04-15; Posts: 148; Credits: 3,569,347,102; World-rank: 904

2023-07-27 09:46:56

@m0laki: Maybe you were under the threshold of 24 euro, to be able to deactivate the ads in the settings.

[BOINCstats] Willy: Forum moderator - Administrator - Developer - Tester - Translator; BAM!ID: 1; Joined: 2006-01-09; Posts: 9461; Credits: 353,172,950; World-rank: 5,069

2023-07-27 15:03:07

Ad revenue is down 50% compared to last year while hosting cost is increasing. In October pricing will be increased with 5%.

Nuadormrac: BAM!ID: 75286; Joined: 2009-09-15; Posts: 80; Credits: 16,796,596,842; World-rank: 277

2023-07-27 19:28:06

Well from what I've heard, if anyone's from Australia, ads for Telstra would cause a bit of a stir. Along lines of AoHell

Nuadormrac: BAM!ID: 75286; Joined: 2009-09-15; Posts: 80; Credits: 16,796,596,842; World-rank: 277

2023-07-27 19:29:37

Then there was the super bowl Tesla ad; mentioning many of the "features" of self driving mode driving like, umm Joe Biden...

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-28 02:15:53

Why is Telstra and Tesla a taboo?

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-28 02:16:39

It's high time ad revenue dropped so low people stopped bothering.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-28 02:17:00

Nobody likes adverts. If I want to buy a widget, I'll go look for one.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-28 02:18:19

Having a product funded by adverts for something else is basically having a product which doesn't sell itself.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-28 02:18:56

Take the ads away, ask us to pay to use the service. If not enough people pay, the service can shut down as it's not wanted.

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,695,419; World-rank: 754

2023-07-28 04:13:33

@Peter Advertizing is huge because most people don't like to think for themselves, they'd rather be told what they want.

Bill: BAM!ID: 4615; Joined: 2006-08-27; Posts: 497; Credits: 797,688,628; World-rank: 2,812

2023-07-29 02:07:59

And credit and Debit cards fuel the purchasing machine. Too many people spend too much of their money & hours on interest

m0laki: BAM!ID: 222656; Joined: 2017-11-10; Posts: 273; Credits: 5,978,887,450; World-rank: 617

2023-07-29 02:34:30

If you charged I would definitely pay. I think a lot of people would. This is unique and deserves to keep running,

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-30 07:20:06

@Stacie Yeah my neighbour's like that, she bought a PLASTIC ceiling because it's "fashionable" replacing her beautiful wood 1

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-30 07:20:17

But I thought most people had a brain.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-30 07:21:14

Look at the ads on telly, doesn't everyone go to get coffee, mute, fast forward? They're never actually watched.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-30 07:22:14

Sorry Willy but a product should make money by selling it. If you need to freeload advertising, the product is worthless.

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,695,419; World-rank: 754

2023-07-30 07:25:54

@Peter Your neighbor is in the majority, you and I are outliers, sadly.

TreaclePumpkin: BAM!ID: 2252; Joined: 2006-06-16; Posts: 29; Credits: 2,094,359,842; World-rank: 1,374

2023-07-31 08:37:47

Peter Hucker wrote:

Anyway ads are out of control. Nobody likes seeing them, we'd prefer to all pay a small amount for sites which need it.

Make a donation and the adverts will go away for you, Shoutbox will be back to normal. Win-Win.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-31 10:04:17

The ads are away for me, I use an adblocker. I'm not going to pay if I don't have to, my money goes on Boinc machines.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-31 10:04:48

But if Willy needs the money and ads aren't working for him, he needs to make paying compulsory.

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-31 10:05:11

But he won't say how much is needed. Are there 50,000 users who could pay a dollar each and run the site?

Peter Hucker: BAM!ID: 7915; Joined: 2006-10-06; Posts: 126; Credits: 2,038,492,696; World-rank: 1,399

2023-07-31 10:06:07

@Stacie I look down on my idiot neighbours. But when the idiots rule the world, the world becomes crap.

cadbane: BAM!ID: 23282; Joined: 2007-04-15; Posts: 148; Credits: 3,569,347,102; World-rank: 904

2023-07-31 12:13:08

If you consider this site worthless, then why do you use it?

Stacie: BAM!ID: 230436; Joined: 2018-11-11; Posts: 490; Credits: 4,439,695,419; World-rank: 754

2023-08-01 08:16:32

@Peter Idiots rule the world, by sheer weight of numbers. Get used to it.

Toby Broom: BAM!ID: 60733; Joined: 2008-10-26; Posts: 122; Credits: 3,041,261,121; World-rank: 1,012

2023-08-01 13:28:09

I upped my donation

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