Honestly it’s unbelievable how many people feel entitled to these sites without contributing. Flightsim.com always had speed limits for non members, avsim asks for donations from time to time too. How many freeware developers went to the wall because the costs of running their site and the demands made by people who don’t actually contribute in any way made it untenable.
I’m sure some of us might know people who run free websites, that’s great. I’d suggest those people have good jobs and plenty of time. These people are trying to get a community resource up and running, one which has grown exponentially in the past year. They are clearly doing whatever they can to keep it running. I can tell you from experience nobody is going to become a millionaire from sticking some ads on theirs site, or selling some payware. They’re just trying to maintain it while holding down day jobs and paying the bills at the end of it. They’ve been have a bad few days and instead of support, this thread is full of self interest. Community eh?
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