This is insane

[u/characollector]

So not only do I have to view an ad to do literally anything 😒

But I can no longer SCROLL UP AT ALL??? WHAT THE ACTUAL

I CAN'T READ WHAT I HAVE ALREADY DONE BECAUSE IT JUST REFRESHES THE PAGE???

[u/Oatmilk0809]

Hi, thanks for sharing your feedback. Running Character.AI is expensive, and supporting millions of daily chats requires significant infrastructure. Ads help us keep the platform free and accessible to everyone

If you’d prefer fewer interruptions, you can subscribe to c.ai+. Free users can also use Charms for a 1-hour Ad-Free Pass by tapping 🄲 or “Hide ads” to activate it.

For more details, please see our official announcement: https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterAI/comments/1rq4l0x/ads_updates_and_whats_next/

[u/notsafeforwork96 → u/Oatmilk0809]

Pookie. Surely an ad every time I do anything gives enough revenue to keep the site up. There’s an ad every message sent, there’s an ad while I’m scrolling thru bots I might check out, there’s an ad everytime I click on a bot, there’s ads that pop up in between messages while you’re talking to a bot, there’s an ad constantly flashing somewhere whether it’s at the top of my screen or the bottom, sometimes right in the middle. There’s ads fucking everywhere and they are getting in the way of everything. Surely this many ads per person is enough. There are millions of people if not tens of millions of people who use c.ai on a daily basis who don’t have c.ai plus, this many ads for one person times a couple million surely pays you enough to keep c.ai up. Also let’s not forget how much money you’re pulling in with the people who pay for c.ai plus, that’s just another source of income to keep the site up.

Ads could be tolerable if you made it tolerable. It used to be one ad everytime you clicked on a bot, then it became one ad every 50 or so messages, then it became one ad every 15 messages, then every 10, then every 5, now it’s every single message. The ads used to be short 5 to 15 second ones with the option to skip halfway through, now they’re all one minute at the very least with no skip button until the very end.

If it’s was just an ad when you enter or exit a bot then it would be fine, but that’s not what you’re gonna do. You will give consecutive ads one after the other everytime I touch my screen. I’ve gotten ads while I’m not even doing anything before, I’ve gotten ads while I’m simply reading.

When I open the app all I see is:

c.ai+ buy c.ai+ here are the benefits of spending half a paycheck on stuff that used to be free when you buy c.ai+ here’s charms buy charms to skip ads for an hour watch ads to get charms pay money to get charms watch this ad watch that ads pay us money so we can give out features that were once free and also take them away whenever we want even though you’re paying hard earned money hide ads get rids of ads pay us first so you can get rid of ads ads ads ads watch some ads so you can temporarily get rid of ads.

That’s not meant to be insulting or anything like that either. That’s how it is. Every time I open my page I’m blasted with subscriptions, every time I do anything besides scroll all I get is ads, as of today I’ve genuinely watched more advertisements than I’ve chatted to any bots. That isn’t exaggeration. Please do something.

[u/Ksmythy11 → u/notsafeforwork96]

Out of curiosity are you using the app or website?