Just a heads-up to the folks who use Tapatalk to browse the SDMB – it looks like with the latest update, Tapatalk is now showing ads (even if you have a paid SDMB membership). If you want to get rid of the ads then apparently you have to upgrade to a “VIP” version of Tapatalk. :mad:
This morning, I’m seeing adverts when I use TapaTalk to surf the Dope.
Anyone else getting them?
It looks like Shoeless is getting them.
I noticed that. I wasn’t sure at first if they were coming from the SDMB or from Tapatalk. I was annoyed because I have a paid subscription to the SDMB.
I guess we really can’t complain. The folks at Tapatalk need to make a living.
Yes, just started today.
Two threads on the same subject merged.
Colibri
Moderator
Tapatalk is a separate entity from the SDMB. We have no control over their advertising or anything else that they do. If we detect that you are running a device that has a Tapatalk app available, we’ll display a one-time popup letting you know of its existence. Other than that, we have nothing to do with Tapatalk.
I doubt that they are even aware if you have a paid membership here or not. If they are serving up ads now, I would expect them to give you ads regardless of your membership here.
I know that Tapatalk and Straight Dope are not related in any way, but I know that lots of folks (including myself) read the SDMB on Tapatalk, and lots of Tapatalk related questions wind up here.
I guess my biggest concern is the safety of the ads. I know that people have gotten infected with viruses and malware from SDMB ads, so seeing ads start popping up in Tapatalk was a little disconcerting.
That’s why I started my thread in GQ, not ATMB. I assumed it didn’t have anything to do with the SDMB.
Yep, I just started seeing ads too. Bye bye, tapatalk!
These seem to be very targeted ads as well, clearly from my web browser history
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It’s $15 for a lifetime VIP account with Tapatalk, for what it’s worth. No ads and you get free image hosting.
Pretty awesome deal if you use it every day or even just once a week or something.
I bought VIP a while ago when they started showing ads (you guys haven’t seen them? Weird lol) and I feel good about the purchase. It works out to 4 cents a day for a year then free for life after that.
I have no problem paying for an app, I’m just tired of waking up and finding apps I paid for no longer supported
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I guess that’s a risk you take?
I paid for an earlier edition of the Tapatalk app. One day they stripped the functionality, announced it was free now, and launched a new paid version of their app. Then they discontinued the free version.
Something to keep in mind before you give money to that company.
And now the adverts have disappeared. Weird.
Unfortunately, it’s as if you were advertising sterile hospital gowns for sale and giving options A, B and C for shipping…and option B shipped your gowns wrapped in used toilet paper. If it were my product I would do my best to make sure that shipping option B wasn’t available any more.
I wonder if Tapatalk still works if you have Adaway on your phone/tablet…
Can the operators of a message board stop TapaTalk from accessing their board?
In any event, the adverts have gone from my iPhone Tapatalk, as mysteriously as they first appeared.
I think the operators have to specifically allow it. The board’s code has to be made compatible.