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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:
prettyLittlefool · 04/07/2019 17:53

Are we running short of initiatives to bring in new revenue MN??

managedmis · 04/07/2019 17:52

Why would people leave though?

managedmis · 04/07/2019 17:51

No.

I'm on here all the time but if you started asking for money I'd have to go elsewhere. Dunno why really, but I guess I feel it should be free?

HobbyIsCodeForDogging · 04/07/2019 17:49

No. There is absolutely nothing that would make me pay any money to use MN. I'd just stop using it if I got fed up (which I have done; I dip in and out)

TillyTheTiger · 04/07/2019 17:48

I'd pay a one-off of maybe £2.49 to buy an ad-free app, but I wouldn't pay monthly. I'm an android user anyway.

TheHobbitMum · 04/07/2019 17:43

As an android user if it was available to me I wouldn't ever pay. If there were more ads to try move people over to a paid subscription I would simply stop using Mumsnet

SpooSpoon · 04/07/2019 17:22

No.

Maybe a one off payment of a quid or something but NO WAY I would pay anything monthly.

Tentomidnight · 04/07/2019 17:01

No.

smartcarnotsosmartdriver · 04/07/2019 16:54

No I wouldn't however I feel like if it was an option the ads might ramp up so you'd be tempted. I'd be sad to go but I would just leave at that point.

Whenwhowhat · 04/07/2019 16:31

I'm on Android so I can't open the pictures or see any pictures if a poster has posted more than one so I certainly wouldn't pay to post more pics that others who also use android can't see.
I have loads of emojis at my disposal already and if the ads start to get on my nerves I would just leave the forum.
So in a nutshell....no I would not pay a monthly sub.

ExpletiveDelighted · 04/07/2019 16:30

It's easy enough to skip to just OP posts in the mobile browsed version using your search function.

ExpletiveDelighted · 04/07/2019 16:29

No, I use the mobile or desktop sites and don't find the ads a problem for the most part.

OhNoooNotAgain · 04/07/2019 16:27

Wouldn't subscribe but I would pay a small one off fee to upgrade.

Also require love to be able to skip to the next comment from the op, and would like to get voting buttons!

starlingsintheslipstream · 04/07/2019 16:18

No, I wouldn't. I don't find the ads that annoying tbh.

Piffpaffpoff · 04/07/2019 16:16

No

atomicnotsoblonde · 04/07/2019 15:35

No.

NotAgainSilly · 04/07/2019 15:34

*Nope

NotAgainSilly · 04/07/2019 15:34

Nopw

SciFiScream · 04/07/2019 15:31

No, definitely wouldn't subscribe. Only ever use the app and really happy with the way it works right now.

WhoWants2Know · 04/07/2019 15:25

I would be more likely to pay a one-off charge for the app than a subscription.

FirstTimeToddlerMum · 04/07/2019 14:50

I wouldn't and I worry that if this became an option the amount of ads for non-sub members would dramatically increase.

ooooohbetty · 04/07/2019 14:42

No. I'd stop using it.

pielates · 04/07/2019 14:31

no. I don't find the current level of ads intrusive at all.

VaselineHero · 04/07/2019 14:30

No

SleepingIsOverrated · 04/07/2019 14:11

No. I use the app several times a day and have never used the desktop version... I've never noticed the ads enough for them to be a problem!