• Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Interesting. When I only paid for one service, I would see the occasional upgrade offer in other services. But not with Unlimited. There’s not much to up-sell you on when you’re already on unlimited except Duo or Family. So not much incentive to display ads.

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      2 days ago

      There’s a giant ad literally every time I open the settings menu, “recommending” that I upgrade to Duo, even though I’m the only person I know who uses Proton. Unfortunately I have to use the shitty settings menu nearly every day because there’s no convenient way to block domains.

      There’s also a “BLACK FRIDAY SALE” ad at the top right. Right now.

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        2 days ago

        If you close it. You won’t see it again. Just a little button at the upper right of the page while the sale is on.

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          If you close it. You won’t see it again.

          There’s no way to close the ads in the settings menu. The banner? Sure, until the next advertising campaign. Dismissing ads is not a satisfactory solution. Just don’t fucking send them.

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            2 days ago

            I have done a lot to virtually eliminate all ads in my life.
            But you’re being a little more than a little unreasonable here.

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              1 day ago

              I can only strongly disagree. It is not even a little bit unreasonable to pay for a premium service and not expect to be pestered on a regular basis with advertising to upgrade to a higher tier.

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                1 day ago

                Again ‘a regular basis’? It’s annual. On their Black Friday sale. A regular interval? Yes, sure. But regular basis is misleading, and hyperbolic.

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                  1 day ago

                  It is not annual, I get several ads throughout the year in various locations, as I said previously.

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                    I think some years they run a second sale during the year. Don’t recall when. That might rotate even.

                    Getting it on multiple devices once or twice a year isn’t Several. Again, unreasonable hyperbole and over reacting. This is such a small thing you’re getting very worked up over.

                    I mentioned before BofA does a full page add for first time you login each day! What Proton’s doing is closer to zero ads, than “several on a regular basis”.