If you love ads, then this post is not for you. If you love Tumblr but hate ads and want the one to continue without having to endure the other, then this post is literally for you. Hello, you.
As of today, you can set up ad-free browsing on your personal desktop computer, from anywhere in the world, and then enjoy the same effervescent Tumblr you know and love (yes, including mobile) without the interruption of ads. Scroll away.
Some caveats:
It’s $4.99 for a month of pure, unadulterated nonsense.
If you like a discount, you can get 33% off (that’s four months for free) at $39.99 for a whole year. Imagine.
This is opt-in. You don’t have to do this. We won’t make you.
How do you opt in?
Easy! Just go to your Account Settings on desktop and hit “Go Ad-Free.” From there, you can choose to pay monthly or yearly:
And that’s it! You’ll be able to enjoy your favorite blogs and posts without any pesky ads getting in the way.
That’s all for now, Tumblr. Back to your blorbos.
So, just for the people who don’t understand.
This Is A Good Thing, mainly because it proves how tumblr is so unprofitable. So, all of you complaining about ads, well, the ads keep the site running. they pay for the hosting, the domains, every staff’s paycheck, all of the networking, the computers storing the data… Everything.
So, if you don’t want ads, they offer you an alternative and you spit in their face? Well, I’m sorry, but unless you want to go non profit and have donation drives every few months/ year, then they have to do something like this to keep the site running.
I don’t mind ads, sometimes they’re hilarious. But if they get too bad, maybe I’ll chip in.
Honestly, you all bitching about this are like the customers at work (Starbucks) who order trenta iced drinks with no ice and then cups of ice all on the side to get free drinks. You all want them to give up their time and effort at their job, but then you don’t want to pay for it.
That’s not how it works. If I was expected to sling coffees for free, I’d quit. Just sayin.
