CALLING ALL PATRONS: If you are a Patron, can you disable the orange DONATE ad?

Lunduke correctly observes that free software projects operate most effectively under the leadership of a benevolent dictator.

@IbrahimMoizoos said in #49:
> But Patrons can't see it! You must pay to unlock ad removal. It's not even an option!!

Not true; most browsers and browser extensions can easily hide this non-ad link.

@Toadofsky said in #51:
> Lunduke correctly observes that free software projects operate most effectively under the leadership of a benevolent dictator.

Yes, when there is a king, you seek aid from the king instead of politicians.

I am beseeching the benevolent dictator to please reconsider his stance because of some concerns.

> Not true; most browsers and browser extensions can easily hide this non-ad link.

Yes, by using a blocker program or script I can block it, but there is no official method (such as a toggle in settings menu) other than paying for Patron. And it is damning that being Patron completely REMOVES the donate link with no option. Most poor people will suffer it.

Likewise, I can also easily watch any movie ad-free using torrents, but I'd rather watch through Netflix.

@IbrahimMoizoos said in #52:
> And it is damning that being Patron completely REMOVES the donate link with no option.

I hadn't considered things this way... huh, becoming a Patron removes this feature. I suppose in addition to my userstyle to conceal the patron link, I should make a userstyle or userscript to add it back for patrons.

@IbrahimMoizoos said in #49:
> Look, if the Orange Advertisement were visible to Patrons, then this would at least be fair.
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> But Patrons can't see it! You must pay to unlock ad removal. It's not even an option!!
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> Paying forcibly removes the ad completely, so it is obviously considered UNQUESTIONABLY GOOD by the developer to remove the ad text, otherwise they would have not spent the time programming that in, or they would have made it an option.
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> So Lichess is divided into two classes, Poverty and Patron under King @thibault. Before, Patron was just a cool icon. Now, it is a cool icon + cool highly visible advertisement removal. We can now say that Poverty users get a Poverty Experience that is considered WORSE than Patron Experience by the developers themselves.
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> Make DONATE grey, or have Patrons see the same thing that poor people do. Billions in this world were born into poverty and it is sickening to punish this by creating artificial social classes and dividing people online. Chess should be a game where everyone is treated equally, rich or poor.

You can turn the "donate bottom" away

@IbrahimMoizoos said in #52:
> Yes, when there is a king, you seek aid from the king instead of politicians.
>
> I am beseeching the benevolent dictator to please reconsider his stance because of some concerns.
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> Yes, by using a blocker program or script I can block it, but there is no official method (such as a toggle in settings menu) other than paying for Patron. And it is damning that being Patron completely REMOVES the donate link with no option. Most poor people will suffer it.
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> Likewise, I can also easily watch any movie ad-free using torrents, but I'd rather watch through Netflix.

If you don't like this donate bottom why do you play on lichess. Donate bottom doesn't hurt anybody. It is not an ad. It is a bottom to help lichess

@IbrahimMoizoos if you play on mobile you won't see this bottom i think

whats so annoying with the donate button?

@SchachJohnny said in #56:
> @IbrahimMoizoos if you play on mobile you won't see this bottom i think

Lichess is a family-friendly site, I don't think anyone should be seeing anyone else's bottom!

@QueenRosieMary said in #58:
> Lichess is a family-friendly site, I don't think anyone should be seeing anyone else's bottom!

As a gay person, I feel offensed by your words.

Its been nice to the players who always have greed to win a chess match.