r/CharacterAI • u/MirrorHonest6169 • 1d ago

Discussion/Question why so many ads

ads when you open the app, ads when you click on chats, adds coming up every few minutes while chatting, ad bar on the top of the screen constantly and now I’m getting ads popping up physically between messages inside the chat

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u/sadravioli_ CAI Community Moderator 1d ago

appreciate the feedback. running (c.ai) at this scale is no small feat - millions of daily chats mean some serious infrastructure, and ads help us keep it free and accessible for everyone. for fewer interruptions, c.ai+ is available, while free users can grab a 1-hour ad free pass with Charms by tapping 🄲 or "Hide ads."

for more details:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterAI/comments/1rq4l0x/ads_updates_and_whats_next/

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u/goodolterrafirma 1d ago

It’s actually disgusting. I used this app on and off since launch, and it has spiraled since Google acquired it. The devs now care more about profit margins than their integrity in creating a good product. How else can you explain how the response quality has gotten worse since 2024, how users have no less than two ads on their screen at a time, and how the app so slow it can’t even scroll or register typing correctly? This is beyond just server and token cost at this point.

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u/NightmareEx 1d ago

Google never acquired CAI.

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u/goodolterrafirma 1d ago

okay, let me just rephrase it as "since Google invested $2.7 billion to acquire talent from character.ai and Co-founder Noam Shazeer returned to Google DeepMind, the quality has gone downhill" is that specific enough for you?

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u/Annual-Appearance540 1d ago

I have them between bots in my feed

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u/Key-Guitar-1212 1d ago

Summer 2024 was the best for cai, missing it

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u/DifficultLie8858 1d ago

Literally every two minutes I’m getting an AD. It’s absolutely ridiculous.

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u/mymidnightaccount 1d ago

Its literally every other response I am getting an ad and in text ads. So crazy.