There was a time when forum software wasn't very mobile friendly, and in that time, tapatalk showed up and provided many forums with a nice friendly mobile format that just worked. These days, most forum software (ours included) has caught up and has pretty sweet mobile support built right in. I'm certain that tapatalk has it's fans still so I'm looking for some feedback from our members..... What you may not know, is that tapatalk makes money on every forum that supports it, and this is revenue that would normally be going to the sites you visit. Most forums (ourselves included) make money from ads, or referrals to other websites (such as amazon and ebay). Forums are not inexpensive to maintain, between hosting costs, and software fees it does add up. When forums use tapatalk, they share that revenue with tapatalk (tapatalk actually takes the majority of it). So I suppose I'm looking for some feedback from our members, would you be upset if we stopped supporting tapatalk and put the increased revenue into the forum?
I have used tapatalk very rarely. I login to TSD from phone, tablet or desktop without issue not using it. Windows and Apple. I would not miss it. If others are adamant that they need it, I'm wondering if they might just need a little coaching on how to login without it.
I tend not to frequent forums that are not on Tapatalk. I would be upset. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
I tried tapatalk and found it extremely invasive in regards to my forum accounts and experienced that it was very easy for some to stalk (Follow) you through it. Nope.
I use my PC most of the time on the Den. When on my tablet, I just use the browser as Tapatalk wouldn't work right on it.
That's not the issue . Tapatalk is useful as it has all the forums I participate in (about 10) in one convenient app. It also hosts the photo uploads for all those forums, no need to link to another photo hosting site. It also has messaging for all the forums in one screen. It ain't perfect by any means but for mobile users on multiple forums it's valuable. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
I use Tapatalk most of the time when I am accessing the forum. I didn't realize the cost was an issue. I could live with the minimalist mobile theme on my phone browser if you decide to drop Tapatalk. I think it is a better experience overall than the browser, but being part of this forum is more important than the tool I use. Sent from my RS988 using Tapatalk
On my tablet, I don't use the mobile theme, I use the Vintage one. Shows up just like using the browser on a PC.
I just opened TSD in a Firefox browser on my Android phone, rather than using Tapatalk. Looks just like it does on a Win7 computer using the Cool Blue interface but for the smaller screen. I'd vote save the coin for operating TSD.
FWIW the only forum I participate in that isn't Tapatalk friendly is ATG, and I do in part because they provide photo hosting. I recognize I'm lazy. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk