@CR Team: Why adding ads to an ad free account?

[Maximilian]

Hi @CR Team!

I know you want and need to earn money.
That's why I paid for an ad free forum and a "Pro" account, so you got my money.

So why that ad at that absolutely stupid and annoying position?

Please stop that or return my money. Thank you.

By the way: I also see an ad when I log in and change to forums. Annoying, too.

Yours,
Maximilian

 

[snapshot]

maybe a bug? i dont mind the article/add for the deal on Rotolights at Adorama. but this ribbon add is not so great... I guess it is better than the never ending popup for being the 1 hyper zillion google custormer...

 

[Sporgon]

Just seen I have this ‘ribbon ad’ too.

I’ve been a member of CR since 2012, so ten years now, but I have to say it’s struggling to hold my attention nowadays.

 

[neuroanatomist]

To add insult to injury, I'd like to message CRguy about it, or maybe read my new message. But I can't, because the ribbon ad blocks my messages button.

 

[ReflexVE]

Honestly the CR Pro bonus is questionable at best. So far as I am aware none of us got our second year gift for a lifetime sub, and we are now near the third year. IMO refunds should be available for those who want them.

 

[Maximilian]

I've reported my own thread, right now. Maybe they'll pay a little bit more attention now...

 

[privatebydesign]

Craig was a con artist plain and simple. He’s gone, with all our $100’s, and doesn’t care.

That might sound harsh but remember, the ‘gifts’ never came and he reopened the ’Pro’ membership for one limited time, even though when he first did it he said he’d never do it again, and anybody that joined then not only didn’t ever get a gift but he knew he was selling the site at that time!

 

[ReflexVE]

Craig was a con artist plain and simple. He’s gone, with all our $100’s, and doesn’t care.

That might sound harsh but remember, the ‘gifts’ never came and he reopened the ’Pro’ membership for one limited time, even though when he first did it he said he’d never do it again, and anybody that joined then not only didn’t ever get a gift but he knew he was selling the site at that time!

My feeling was he did not think through the long term implications. That said, is he gone? It looks to me like he quietly took over again a few months ago. And whoever did buy the site, which so far as I can tell was never actually sold, would also have the liability to deliver the promises.

Not that I ever expect to get anything out of it. Like the Xtra Kickstarter many fell for (and which I warned against buying into for months in the Discord), lesson learned.

 

[Maximilian]

Ribbon is gone. Problem is solved.
Excuse/explanation would have been nice, but wasn't given.
Case closed

 

[danfaz]

There's another one popping up at the bottom today...

 

[NorthernNovice]

Seeing a bottom ad in my Firefox browser on my phone. At first, I thought I was not logged in. Nope, I was and they ad was there. Disappointed

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

If you are a CR Pro and ads appear, its likely just a glitch since the site is updated from time to time. Send a message to Craig (He's still there) and he will get it fixed. It is usuallly a issue on a vendor's end, so it can take time to fix.

 

[Stig Nygaard]

As a Pro-user, I still see ads in my desktop Firefox browser (Except content of ads seems to be blocked by my Firefox´s Tracking Protection set to Strict mode). A banner at bottom of page and I guess some video to the right: just above banner

 

[snapshot]

Another bug?

 

[Otara]

Same, ad to left and to bottom. Logging out shows a lot more arent showing though.

 

[kaihp]

Oddly, that other thread on this comes up with a "Page cannot be opened" and that particular blue advertising line on it. what the hoot?

 

[AlanF]

Oddly, that other thread on this comes up with a "Page cannot be opened" and that particular blue advertising line on it. what the hoot?View attachment 204837

This happens for me using Firefox on Mac but Chrome and Safari work fine. This is why I wrote that there are browser glitches. In general, Firefox is more flaky than the others, which I have to use for some on-line transactions. I do have ad-blockers on Firefox.

 

[jprusa]

This happens for me using Firefox on Mac but Chrome and Safari work fine. This is why I wrote that there are browser glitches. In general, Firefox is more flaky than the others, which I have to use for some on-line transactions. I do have ad-blockers on Firefox.

Alan, you don't have the banner at the bottom on your machine that looks like the one in stig's post?

 

[Maximilian]

Right now I am using the latest version of Firefox on a Win10 PC together with "AB Ultimate" add-on.
It is like running the gauntlet until I locked in, but then I am ad-free. No experience with Mac.
I hope you'll find something, that is working for you.

 

[kaihp]

This happens for me using Firefox on Mac but Chrome and Safari work fine. This is why I wrote that there are browser glitches. In general, Firefox is more flaky than the others, which I have to use for some on-line transactions. I do have ad-blockers on Firefox.

This is on my phone. And the image you see is decidedly served by the website. So if there is a "Firefox problem" then it's the website that has it. FF renders fine.

Edit:just tried FF on the PC. Views fine there. Boggles the mind. @AlanF - just FYI.