Comment by catoc

Comment by catoc 19 hours ago

4 replies

1. Enthusiastically try fileformat.info

2. “141 TCF vendor(s) and 69 ad partner(s) want to track you”

3. Exit :-(

Fileformat 18 hours ago

I get where you are coming from, and have put some thought into it.

I built the site over 20 years ago, and while it was fun to make, I wouldn't have maintained it this long if is was costing me every month.

I've tried to minimize the intrusiveness: I disabled the pop-up and interstitial ads and I don't serve anything different to people with ad-blockers. And I've stuck with Google Adwords, despite requests from all sorts of questionable alternatives.

I'm not sure about the future: bots are causing all sorts of trouble, and the ad revenue is trending down and is now less than break even.

  • xigoi 3 hours ago

    Isn’t it just a bunch of static pages? You can get that hosted for free.

  • notpushkin 11 hours ago

    I love fileformat.info, thank you so much for it!

    I know it probably won’t amount to a lot, but have you tried asking for donations? I love seeing websites I regularly use doing that and not just relying on ads.

  • catoc 18 hours ago

    I’m glad to hear it’s helping you keep the costs down - that’s positive. It’s the type of popup that triggers my allergy - which as allergies go is mostly my problem.