First off, if you do not use Tapatalk to view the forum, disregard this thread. Second, if you don't use Tapatalk but are considering it now that you've heard of it, don't bother.
Very soon, American Adventurist will no longer support Tapatalk.
Why? In a nutshell, because what started out as a great app for forum viewing that helped increase speed while minimizing data use, has steadily gone downhill over the last couple years and has devolved into what we consider to be blatant "Ransom Ware".
As of now, they've become another "pay us or mandatory X" entity. Unwanted ads will be present on the app for our forum, Tapatalk users are (perhaps unknowingly) forced to host photos/videos on Tapatalk. This creates a black hole for content here - your content intended for AAV is being diverted offsite. Think about that long term.
Signatures (again, forced) have a Tapatalk addendum on them, and we lose control over the pop-up "Use Tapatalk!" spam on mobile browsers.
It recently came to my attention that Tapatalk even hijacks user accounts (you) and sends spam to other users on your behalf, urging them to use Tapatalk. This is simply unacceptable. And ponder this - if they can hijack your account and send spam PM's... What next?
Now, we can pay them $120 a year to stay their hand in all this nefarious control stuff, but it sticks in my craw. I don't care about paying for a service. What I care about is paying "or else". It goes against everything this site was founded on. And the fact that they've forcibly done many of these things here already through their EULA says it all to me.
For me as the forum owner and an admin with "god powers" here on AAV, the occasional pop-up on the top of the page and being harassed to upload their app when I open the page is getting old... and the only way I can turn it off is if we pay tribute.
Their lack of business ethics coupled with the aforementioned abuses of power make this an easy decision.
Effective 1 February 2017 American Adventurist will no longer support Tapatalk.
Good thing we have a shit hot mobile version of this forum from our friends at XenForo
Very soon, American Adventurist will no longer support Tapatalk.
Why? In a nutshell, because what started out as a great app for forum viewing that helped increase speed while minimizing data use, has steadily gone downhill over the last couple years and has devolved into what we consider to be blatant "Ransom Ware".
As of now, they've become another "pay us or mandatory X" entity. Unwanted ads will be present on the app for our forum, Tapatalk users are (perhaps unknowingly) forced to host photos/videos on Tapatalk. This creates a black hole for content here - your content intended for AAV is being diverted offsite. Think about that long term.
Signatures (again, forced) have a Tapatalk addendum on them, and we lose control over the pop-up "Use Tapatalk!" spam on mobile browsers.
It recently came to my attention that Tapatalk even hijacks user accounts (you) and sends spam to other users on your behalf, urging them to use Tapatalk. This is simply unacceptable. And ponder this - if they can hijack your account and send spam PM's... What next?
Now, we can pay them $120 a year to stay their hand in all this nefarious control stuff, but it sticks in my craw. I don't care about paying for a service. What I care about is paying "or else". It goes against everything this site was founded on. And the fact that they've forcibly done many of these things here already through their EULA says it all to me.
For me as the forum owner and an admin with "god powers" here on AAV, the occasional pop-up on the top of the page and being harassed to upload their app when I open the page is getting old... and the only way I can turn it off is if we pay tribute.
Their lack of business ethics coupled with the aforementioned abuses of power make this an easy decision.
Effective 1 February 2017 American Adventurist will no longer support Tapatalk.
Good thing we have a shit hot mobile version of this forum from our friends at XenForo
