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Would you pay to go ad-free on the Talk App?

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TimMumsnet · 01/07/2019 17:29

Hi guys, I’ve got a bit of an unusual question, bear with me!

Some of you have mentioned you would be willing to pay to go ad-free, so we’d like to know your collective thoughts if we offered ad-free Talk in the iOS app, with some extra benefits.

On the iOS Talk app, if you could have:
- Ad-free Talk
- Increased allowance of photos
- Extra Mumsnet Emoticons

Would you be willing to pay a monthly subscription? If so, what would be a fair amount? This wouldn’t affect any of the existing Talk features, which everyone would continue to get for free.

OP posts:
lostfrequencies · 04/07/2019 21:04

YABU

MsMarvellous · 04/07/2019 21:02

I'd perhaps pay a small (£.99-£1.49) one off fee for an app with enough added benefits but I wouldn't ever pay a monthly subscription for a forum. No way.

ahhgowan · 04/07/2019 20:36

No way would I pay for this Shock if the ads annoyed me enough that I was considering paying I just wouldn't use the app.

Saucery · 04/07/2019 20:36

No, would find an ad blocker that works on my phone or stop using MN on ,my phone.

Free emojis? Grin Grin Didn’t think there could be anything more trivially patronising than bestowing a Glitterball upon the site but......there it is!

PencilsInSpace · 04/07/2019 20:35

If I were feeling less grumpy the additional features I would like as part of the subscription is to have all the old settings back - the ability to set 100 posts/page as default, threads staying on 'threads I'm on' for longer, ability to choose colour schemes etc.

Advertising should absolutely not be ramped up on the free version - that would kill the site.

dontatme · 04/07/2019 20:33

Absolutely not. And for the love of god please don’t start introducing huge amounts of intrusive ads to encourage us to pay for a subscription!

misskatamari · 04/07/2019 20:30

Nope from me too. I'd maybe consider it if it was a small one off payment to go add free (Altho still probably wouldn't). No way I would pay a monthly subscription though, that's just bonkers

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 04/07/2019 20:25

No I wouldn't pay. I barely notice the ads.

PencilsInSpace · 04/07/2019 20:25

I was one of the people who suggested this. The idea was that everybody got the same content but if you subscribed you got an ad free version. So it wouldn't matter if the majority didn't want to subscribe, you'd just have to charge a small fee to make up for the lost ad revenue from those who did.

iOS users are suckers for ads anyway so it's not the best trial group.

I use an adblocker so my subscription would have been pure altruism - a way of saying thank you for the platform.

Just not feeling it lately.

Mandatorymongoose · 04/07/2019 19:31

What peachgreen said.
I would pay a small fee to download an upgraded version of the utterly shit android app. That gave me options like ad free, changing post colours, highlighting, post direction etc etc. Actually I'd still pay if it kept the ads but was less shit.
I wouldn't subscribe.

BobTheDuvet · 04/07/2019 19:21

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peachgreen · 04/07/2019 19:20

No, but I would pay a one off fee to download a decent app that actually works, even if it continued to show me ads. The current Android one is pretty shocking (no offence) .

CupoTeap · 04/07/2019 18:55

No

HiItsClemFandango · 04/07/2019 18:45

I would for £2.50 a month if it also included the option to see only the OPs posts also

CurtainsAndCords · 04/07/2019 18:38

No sorry

KittekatMP · 04/07/2019 18:22

No

S1naidSucks · 04/07/2019 18:19

I’m currently watching that advert for Howden’s kitchens and wishing I could afford one. 😁

S1naidSucks · 04/07/2019 18:18

Guys is not the opposite of girls.

I don’t agree and therefore guys is the opposite of girls. See, isn’t that how it works? Btw, women not girls.

Itellpeopletogoogleit · 04/07/2019 18:08

While we're on the subject, is there any chance you'll improve the god awful android app?

prettyLittlefool · 04/07/2019 18:03

Guys is not the opposite of girls.

lunar1 · 04/07/2019 18:03

Truthfully no, I'd just stop using the forum if the ads became too annoying.

MmeBufo · 04/07/2019 18:02

I'd happily pay to be ad free but the app is shite AFAIK so being forced to use it would put me off.

S1naidSucks · 04/07/2019 18:01

looks down Nope, I definitely don’t have a penis.

AbsolCatly · 04/07/2019 17:59

Nope and if the trade off was more adds in the free version I think my time would be spent not on Mumsnet

PeonyPink0 · 04/07/2019 17:58

“Thanks for your answers guys”

Really?

If you were addressing a crowd of 95% men would you say “thanks for your answers girls!”

Hmm