# What about Premium, Ad Free Memberships?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-premium-ad-free-memberships/323235>\
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**Created:** [September 24, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-premium-ad-free-memberships/323235 "2005-09-24T17:57:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-premium-ad-free-memberships/323235/1 "2005-09-24T17:57:22Z")

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Ok, so you guys are strapped for cash (or at least you say so). You need the extra revenue the ads bring in. If this is the case, why not give members the option of paying a little extra to go ad free?

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**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-premium-ad-free-memberships/323235/2 "2005-09-24T18:57:15Z")

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At this point, I’ll stick with Adblock and a modified hosts file.

All the benefits of an ad-free site.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-premium-ad-free-memberships/323235/3 "2005-09-24T19:41:45Z")

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> Ok, so you guys are strapped for cash (or at least you say so). You need the extra revenue the ads bring in. If this is the case, why not give members the option of paying a little extra to go ad free?

Sure, and maybe next they could pester us with popups and then sell us Gold Membership to stop them.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-premium-ad-free-memberships/323235/4 "2005-09-25T02:16:54Z")

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> [@aldiboronti](#):
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> Sure, and maybe next they could pester us with popups and then sell us Gold Membership to stop them.

Heh.

> [@](#):
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> Niles: Oh, sure. It starts with the Gold Door. But then there will be a platinum door, a diamond door and a uranium door! Where does it end?!"  
> Frasier: Don’t be ridiculous, Niles. Nobody would make a door out of uranium. It’s radioactive.