Admittedly you’ve seen this: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/13/i-can-now-make-friendfeed-as-ugly-as-i-want/
But turns out I haven’t. Why? Because I pay for Dictionary.com and don’t get to see the crappy ads. However crappy the ads are, the service is great (reminds me of Facebook). I’m not against doing a vendetta against people who think bigger-than-life advertising is a good idea, but I’m wondering, where else to go for a good Online English Dictionary?
It’s only 20$ per year over at Dictionary.com and with that they’ve even got audio pronunciation of each word and everything, not to mention how functional the site is without the ads.
On the other hand, IGN.com is pure crap with their subscription thing. Having opened almost every of their exclusive section to non-paying people, I don’t know why I’m still paying for them. HD videos I can get on GameTrailers.com? I don’t know… but paying and enabling “disable ad” with it having no real effect what-so-ever is a pretty downer.
