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I pay annually to be here. I use ad blockers. You want me to stop using ad blockers because you get income from ads.

Tell me why I should both pay to be here and be subjected to your ads?
ElizaJane51-55, F
This is like my Walmart. We have only 1 cashier, so we are forced to self check out, unless we have a day to waste in line. That was Walmarts decision not mine.
Then we must present our receipt at the door to prove we paid.
If you don't trust me WALMART, then don't make me self check. Pick a lane OMG馃槨
@ElizaJane An excellent point.
itsok31-35, F
Can鈥檛 you choose to hide advertising in your vip settings?
FlowersNButterflies61-69, F
@itsok 3 times straight they asked me to turn off my adblocker.
FlowersNButterflies61-69, F
@itsok They sent me three messages today asking me to turn off my adblocker.
itsok31-35, F
@FlowersNButterflies did you try turning it off?
On my pc I get them once I log in because I already have an adblocker installed. Even though I am VIP, I have to bypass them. Yet when I access SW from another electronic device, there is never a problem
robertsnj56-60, M
hey fellow atheist '---high five!

I have the premium and don't use ad blockers. I don't find the ads so bad and I want the site to make money. I think some sites are hyper intrusive with ads but this isn't one of those sites.

I guess it boils down your subjective interpretation of how instrusive the ads are.
FlowersNButterflies61-69, F
@robertsnj I live rural and my internet sucks. Don't want to waste any of my internet on ads.
robertsnj56-60, M
@FlowersNButterflies that makes sense
NerdyPotatoM
If you have VIP there's no need for an ad blocker because SW won't show any ads then.
NerdyPotatoM
@FlowersNButterflies perhaps ad blockers are a little too aggressive and block useful elements too. You still don't get ads with VIP if you comply with disabling your ad blocker, so VIP does give you an ad free experience exactly as promised and the owners don't get income from ads targeted at VIP members.
FlowersNButterflies61-69, F
@NerdyPotato SW asked me 3 times to stop my ad blocker because they make money from the ads.
NerdyPotatoM
@FlowersNButterflies how do they make money from ads if they don't display any? Have you even tried to disable it? If you have VIP, you won't see any ads with or without a blocker.
NoThanksLeonM
Reminds me when cable TV and HBO first came out. Oh, pay a premium and be commercial free. 馃槀 We see how that turned out.
JamesBugman56-60, T
You pay and get ads too? I never get bothered by abp on here. It is one reason I keep coming back.
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FlowersNButterflies61-69, F
@Maturebate Irrelevant. Clearly I do. Not paranoid, they have an issue. Paid users should have the best experience.
SpoiledbratF
I thought VIP offered ad free. Has it changed ? I haven't had it in a few months.
NerdyPotatoM
@FlowersNButterflies and what happens if you allow them? Do you actually see any? No...
FlowersNButterflies61-69, F
@NerdyPotato You missed the entire point.
NerdyPotatoM
@FlowersNButterflies which is? I've already explained in my first reply why else that question may be asked without the intent to show ads. So what's the issue besides maybe the wording of the dialog being a little general?
That would make no sense. Presumably one of the perks of being a paid member [b]is[/b] "no ads". 馃檨

I turned off my add blocker and still don鈥檛 see ads, I assumed VIP was preventing them from appearing.
Hanginginthere31-35, M
The funny thing being if they implemented better features they wouldn鈥檛 need to depend on ad revenue 馃え馃槀

 
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