I don't think it's that bad. The ads are out of the way and very easy to ignore. I'm not sure about the premium thing, though. I'm not a paying member so I don't really have anything to say about that.
Is Chess.com Hated Like EA?
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Yeah,but its less bad than EA
Apr 20, 2022
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I don't think EA is hated. It's stock price went up 6 times from 2014. If it is hated, people wouldn't keep buying its product and stock. I think people just love EA with their microtransactions and franchise killing ways.
EA is hated because it is EXTREMELY Pay2Win(Pay2Win is a category when you have to pay money to gain advantage to people who did not payed yet)
People buy it because it starts some interesting games (Such as pvz3,which is crap).Sure people will complain this and leave the game,but some people dedicate their money to the p2w game and voilà!Money!
I remember plants vs. zombies before EA 
Garden warfare 1&2 were good (one was my childhood) but I’ll never forgive battle for neighborville
Apr 21, 2022
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Baka9Chess wrote:
... I've heard that the site recently stripped away features for Gold and Platinum members, and you have to upgrade to Diamond for the extra features you used to have. ....
Nothing was stripped away.
EA also used to make good games, and people keep coming back because they keep giving them chances to make a good game. Also the sports games they make are ok, that’s probably what’s making most of their money.
Apr 21, 2022
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international82 wrote:
*Pssst*
You didn't hear this from me, but if you use Firefox or Microsoft Edge, you can go into your settings and set privacy options to 'strict'. It has a built in adblocker; I use Edge, my browser's privacy is set to 'strict', and I see no ads on this website or any other websites whatsoever. Just a heads up, if you're fed up about the advertisements on chess.com
That's hilarious. Um, it's Microsoft...
Apr 21, 2022
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EscherehcsE wrote:
international82 wrote:
*Pssst*
You didn't hear this from me, but if you use Firefox or Microsoft Edge, you can go into your settings and set privacy options to 'strict'. It has a built in adblocker; I use Edge, my browser's privacy is set to 'strict', and I see no ads on this website or any other websites whatsoever. Just a heads up, if you're fed up about the advertisements on chess.com
That's hilarious. Um, it's Microsoft...
edge is the browser
microsoft is the company
you dont use a company...
Apr 21, 2022
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#13
Ilampozhil25 wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
international82 wrote:
*Pssst*
You didn't hear this from me, but if you use Firefox or Microsoft Edge, you can go into your settings and set privacy options to 'strict'. It has a built in adblocker; I use Edge, my browser's privacy is set to 'strict', and I see no ads on this website or any other websites whatsoever. Just a heads up, if you're fed up about the advertisements on chess.com
That's hilarious. Um, it's Microsoft...
edge is the browser
microsoft is the company
you dont use a company...
What's funny about this is Edge allowing you to use a "strict" privacy setting when everything you do in that browser is being sent home to Mother Microsoft...
Apr 21, 2022
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#14
Didn't EA stop making games over 30 years ago or did they never actually *make* their own games in-house directly? I remember they started strictly as a publisher but later simply bought (or merged with) development houses and absorbed them to have them make games. Heck I'm not even sure if they programmed their own games when Trip Hawkins ran the company. I only remember Interplay Productions way back. I think EA was purely a publisher until 1988 when they started absorbing companies and then later dissolving them.
I do remember when EA fully embraced the Commodore Amiga though...
Yes, chess.com is hated like EA. This is because chess.com owns EA.
At chess.com you can play tons of games for free at any time against opponents who are at your skill level. What's to hate?
Apr 21, 2022
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#17
it is pay to win you can't lose daily games to time if you have premium
landloch wrote:
At chess.com you can play tons of games for free at any time against opponents who are at your skill level. What's to hate?
You can play tons of games for free at any time against opponents who are at your skill level on lichess too.
Apr 21, 2022
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Baka9Chess wrote:
Is Chess.com that bad, or is it just a piece better than EA? I've heard that the site recently stripped away features for Gold and Platinum members, and you have to upgrade to Diamond for the extra features you used to have. It also spams ads for you to upgrade with your money, so what do you think of it?
EA is like: Here is a bread. Take a bite. Ok, now if you want to take another bite pay $5.99.
CC is like: Here is half a bread. If you want the other half, pay $5.99
B1ZMARK wrote:
Baka9Chess wrote:
Is Chess.com that bad, or is it just a piece better than EA? I've heard that the site recently stripped away features for Gold and Platinum members, and you have to upgrade to Diamond for the extra features you used to have. It also spams ads for you to upgrade with your money, so what do you think of it?
EA is like: Here is a bread. Take a bite. Ok, now if you want to take another bite pay $5.99.
CC is like: Here is half a bread. If you want the other half, pay $5.99
CC is like: Here is analysis. If you want another one, pay $100.
Lichess is like: Here is analysis. It's free.
CC is like: Here is puzzles and puzzle rush. If you want more, pay $100.
Lichess is like: Here are puzzles and puzzle rush. They're free.
CC is like: Here are ads. If you want to remove ads, pay $100.
Lichess is like: There's no ads at all!
lichess.org is a free/libre, open-source chess server powered by volunteers and donations.
In 2010, Thibault Duplessis began work on Lichess as a hobby project. The site was simple at the beginning, not even checking to see if moves were legal. He made the site open source, which means anyone is free to read the source code and make contributions. Gradually, the site improved and collected users as an enthusiastic volunteer staff assembled to help Thibault build and maintain the site.
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. Most “free” websites subsist by selling ads or selling user data. Others do it by putting all the good stuff behind paywalls. Lichess does none of these things and never will. With no investors demanding profits, Lichess staff can focus on improving the site as their only goal.
Despite Lichess's humble origins, playing a chess game is far from the only thing you can do on Lichess. After finishing a game, you can request computer analysis using the latest Stockfish chess engine and learn from your mistakes or compare your game against a massive database of chess masters’ games. You can watch top players battle it out live and discuss the game with your friends; even World Champions play on Lichess! Players wishing to improve can hire a coach and use real-time collaborative “studies” to share games, positions, annotated variations and chat.
Is Chess.com that bad, or is it just a piece better than EA? I've heard that the site recently stripped away features for Gold and Platinum members, and you have to upgrade to Diamond for the extra features you used to have. It also spams ads for you to upgrade with your money, so what do you think of it?