You shouldn't remove a feature and put it behind a paywall. I had dark mode. Now I have to pay for it? That's a little shady.
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Valentin Filchev commented
Yes - hi can.
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Hi, I see your point of view. I tried to explain my motivations in the release announcement here:
https://www.screamer-radio.com/news/2024-04/welcome-to-the-new-screamer-radio
But to provide some additional context, the services running Screamer Radio and licenses I need cost me about 10 times as much annually as the ads have brought for the the past several years. In other words, I pay thousands of dollars a year out of pocket just to keep things running. I've also invested about 500 hours work creating this new version of Screamer Radio. I just can't keep giving everything away for free without getting anything in return. The other option is to shut it all down which would be a shame.