Enterprise hostage situation: First @disqus roles out ads on all free tiers. A week later they e-mail all customers and offer a deal to remove the ads.
— Jens Rantil (@JensRantil) October 12, 2023
I just disabled blog post commenting on this blog after Disqus, my former blog post comment system, rolled out a pretty horrible (or shall I say…disqusting?) change.
On the 26th of September, Disqus decided to introduce ads without any sort of warning. And it wasn’t just any kind of ads:
Suddenly I started seeing high-quality ads…NOT…recommending me to look at 25 beautiful videos, buy solar panels, and possibly drugs.
On top of this, they soon sent me an offer to get a discounted price:
Modern hostage situation!
Given that very few of my posts receive any kind of comments these days, I don’t have any intention of reenabling comments for now. If you truly think I need comments, reach out, and I can make an effort to enable some commenting system. You can find my contact information on this site’s front page.