Kitz Forum
Computers & Hardware => Android & other hand held devices => Topic started by: Chrysalis on August 23, 2016, 01:19:10 PM
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I noticed tapatalk has started some kind of monetization strategy, I cannot pin the date when they did this but now the app force enables a feeds function, to turn it off one has to be a vip subscriber monthly, it also started push notifications (can turn off at least without vip) and every time make a post somewhere is asking me if I want to add the forum section to feeds, a bit crazy. What I really dont like tho is that they added a feature they know be annoying, I know they know because they are offering the ability to turn it off as a vip feature. Is a shame because before these changes tapatalk was quite a nice app. Although what I may do is grab an old backup of it from titanium backup and then just not upgrade it again.
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I'd be interested in this too. Even before the latest updates I found it too pushy generally. I just want a simple app which does what I want and no more.
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I hate Tapatalk too, I paid for my version and then suddenly a year or two ads reappeared, GRRRRR , when you pay for the software and they still bombard you with apps.
I tried Forum Fiend for a while but I believe it cratered so I am back to using Tapatalk, a lot of sites have decent mobile versions now but on balance I still think Tapatalk is better.
<watching this thread for recommendations>
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It's still possible to download a version of Forum Fiend at https://www.apk4fun.com/apk/32083/ but I don't know anything about the status of this download.
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I hate Tapatalk too, I paid for my version and then suddenly a year or two ads reappeared, GRRRRR , when you pay for the software and they still bombard you with apps.
yep they downgraded you, seems they not satisfied with a one time purchase.
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I cannot pin the date when they did this but now the app force enables a feeds function,
Does that happen on this forum? When I signed up to install tapatalk integration on my server I selected the option which least bugs the user and although you can do things like build up your own ads, I didnt bother and everything should be set to least intrusive to the EU.
However, I got an email about a couple of asking me to do a update, which I haven't yet done because it said something about advertising changes.
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yep, it does it when first posting to any section using tapatalk.
I am not 100% sure I remember right tho, so will test again later.
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Hmmm. Ok ty, so its nothing to do with the latest upgrade then :/
I'm in no rush to upgrade to the latest version as from what I can see theres no bug fixes, just something to do with Ads.
Tapatalk is a PITA to update as it involves down-time... and rarely goes right first time.
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I had a quick look, your forum doesnt have chat available, whilst all the others do which is good.
I did not make a post tho as I had no post to make, but yeah it seems kitz forum is less pushy.
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kitz sadly can confirm am getting feed prompts and tapatalk ads here, is shame what they done
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Hi
I use tapatalk and you can turn off feed prompts in settings - even for individual forums you have set
The ads, on mine are a single line, easy to distinguish and not intrusive
Also, I seem to remember a year or so ago, anyone with fully paid version, had to contact tapatalk to correct the ads appearing, but Ofcourse it may have changed now
I hope that helps
Many thanks
John
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Hi
Sorry, if it helps better, just been into settings, and you need to disable push notification on whichever forums you want them to stop
I hope I have understood your issue correctly, but apologise if I'm wrong sorry
Many thanks
John
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that is already done but it doesnt stop all the feed stuff.
the feed prompts toggle requires vip subscription.
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I dont think tapatalk is working atm. Previous mails said the updates were voluntary, but I got a couple of emails this w/e to say that the version Im using has now expired and I must update.
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They are devious arent they.
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Well that was a Surprise!
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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So a false flag they sent out.
I am going to try the older tapatalk client from my backup later to see how many sites it still works on.
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Normally I have to take the forums offline and it takes ages.... and most of the time something will go wrong. (Its not a plugin supported by SMF)
Had everything prepared, did a trial run.. said everything was OK, so went for it without taking the forum down. All done. :)
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>>> So a false flag they sent out
I dont think so, it wasnt working properly until I did. I could see something weird also from GigabitEthernet, there was a notification but had no clue what it was and couldnt view content. After the update I can see its related to chat.
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older tapatalk still works if anyone wants it ill upload later android version
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older tapatalk still works if anyone wants it ill upload later android version
So as long as the [server] version is up to date, then the older [client] versions are still supported?
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seems so, I have not noticed any issues.
even a very old version from start of 2015 works, but I then put on 5.8.5 which seems the last version I got before they implemented this mess. 5.8.5 is from june 2016.
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Normally I have to take the forums offline and it takes ages.... and most of the time something will go wrong. (Its not a plugin supported by SMF)
Spoke too soon. Update is throwing 10's of thousands of errors to the forum since I upgraded >:(
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Test
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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Damn. Critical error anytime anyone posts using tapatalk and general errors for anytime anyone reads any post regardless or not if they are using tapatalk. >:( >:(
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Test
Sent from my SM-T810 using Tapatalk
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Hi kitz
I'm on iPhone 5 and if this posts ok, no errors seem on tapatalk app on mobile
I hope that helps a little
Many thanks
John
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Thanks john. Ive just cleared out all the error logs - there was so many it was difficult to track which error belonged to which post.
I couldnt see that your post throwed an error. Can you please post again... and confirm that you are using the latest iOS version of tapatalk.
Now the logs are clear I should be able to see everything much better.
Cheers.
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Hi kitz
Many thanks and sorry for delayed reply
Yes, latest iOS10.2 I think and all apps updated
I hope that helps
Many thanks
John