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*Decades worth of content free website with tons of features, also tries to make a living using standard ad practices for the premium product.
Ftfy
Sorry.. bootlicker I guess. I've gotten thousands of hours of joy from that site. I'm still using tabs from half a lifetime ago. The mobile app is fantastic too. I've supported them when I've had the cash. A lot cheaper than lessons would have been for 30 years.
Why does any of the value they've brought to you and others preclude a shitty and predatory business decision? I've had their pro membership for years, but the fake youtube video is some premium, grade A dogshit.
That's a totally reasonable point of view. I guess I just don't think that's worse than any other ad bullshit. My bar has been set by my experience. Of all the wars we're losing, ads isn't one I fight anymore. But I understand it's a big deal for people.
I've been a subscriber for years and think it's very much worth it. They keep improving on the site with new features regularly. I also take lessons. My musical tastes are a little out of the norm and teacher is older so most of what I want to learn is new to him. Printing up tabs ahead of time saves him the trouble of tabbing out the song while I just sit there. More time is spent learning. Yeah they're not all 100% correct but it's usually close enough to save time
Wow that's incredible. As a kid "back in my day," I had to find an old man to ear and transpose what wasn't one of the 15 tabs in existence on the Internet yet. I probably have a hand written tab somewhere in a box.
You can like the product, or at least the product of the past, while also acknowledging that the business practices they engage in today are shit, consumer-unfriendly, and that the actual content hasn't kept up with the rate they've decided to 'monetize' their site. There is no dichotomy, both can be true. So yeah, how's that boot?
That's a totally reasonable response and I agree with you. I suppose I'm just having cognitive dissonance bc I don't know what practices I'm supposed to have observed. I still use the site and the apps and haven't seen anything unfriendly. Monday afternoon was my last visit iirc
Just from the post here, it's pretty gross to have supposed links to video tutorials for virtually every song, only to realize that each "thumbnail" is the same picture with new words over it. They imply they have more things in their premium section than they do.
I've used UG a ton, and it was, in fact, a great resource back in the day. Now, there are just so many other things that don't shove quite so many misleading things in your face. Of course, you can just block the elements, but it's a principle thing.
I also haven't used them in the last couple of years. I used them as my first resource learning back in high school, then found better options, and then came back to the above ads. They could be better now, though the existence of this post leads me to believe not.
Yeah, I hear you and don't think you're off base or anything. Per my above peer comment, I think I'm just accepting our new norm and blocking when I can. I sell software and have done so since before LinkedIn. There are few ways to get attention now. The anarchist in me is disgusted and tries to spend time in nature. The middle aged defeated man sees that we live in fucking Minority Report 😔
I get ya. I still got enough vim and vigor to get fuckin pissed at it rofl.
Share this with you, cause your last comment reminded me of it.