I really thought I would adapt fine to this change and keep using the forum daily, but it appears not. I haven’t been here much at all since tapatalk was taken down, even though I’ve been tapping the tapatalk app instinctually wanting to be brought here.
The mobile website really is just a hassle to use compared to the app, and without notifications to tell me when and what people post, I’m finding it very hard to find motivation to come here. Usually I’ll use the notifications to answer questions and give advice soon after the post is made, but since I can no longer do that, it’s a bit harder to find fresh posts to address and even just navigate them. It also helped that the forum app was visibly there, reminding me that I need to check it, right next to the app for the reptile site I already moderate so that it is always visible to me.
I have no doubt that it works amazing on computers, and it even looks fine on my iPad, but (most) computers and (most) iPads cannot be used away from WiFi, and I personally use the forum most when I’m away from home.
I discovered the forum through the app. Little 12 year old me had just finished setting up what I thought would be the best tortoise enclosure ever, and I decided to search the word “tortoise” in the App Store to see if I could find anything related. Little did I know, that would lead to the greatest source of tortoise information on the web, full of great people and information that everyone should read. I know that I cannot be the only person to discover it this way.
The deletion of our mobile app definitely is an inconvenience to those without access to a computer. I definitely hope to still use this forum, maybe just not as avidly.
Amen!well said. It makes me sad to think you'll be posting less rapidly or less frequently. I always admired how quickly you were able to respond to new posts with useful links and information.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. We will continue to improve the browser experience.
I'm truly sorry that Tapatalk isn't a good solution for us. They've been dishonest, uncommunicative, and very aggressive as a "partner" with us. They'd continually change our privacy settings without notifying me. They would change pricing to gouge us as our user group grew. It's bad news all around - not just the harvesting of our data.
I will continue to search for a good alternative but I am confident in saying there isn't one right now. A dedicated app developed just for us will easily cost five figures.
Thanks for your patience and understanding
You guys rock
I agree with you, @Toddrickfl1. The data tracking excuse is a farce. How many of us don't use any Google services? How many of us have "location" turned off? How many of us never use a GPS driving/routing app? How many of us have never paid a bill with Android Pay,or Samsung Pay, or Apple Pay? How many have never shopped online and checked out with PayPal? The list is endless, but we continue doing these things in spite of the knowledge that we are being tracked and monitored every place we go.I love using this forum and don't mind paying a few bucks a month to use it. I'm not sure everybody would though. First several months ago an excessive amount of ads appeared making the forum almost unusable, unless you donated to make them go away. Now with the app gone away, I hate to say it but it kind of seems like a ruse to get more people to pay to use the forum.