sebi wrote:buughost wrote:You were doing one thing really well. Why compromise that in order to add half-baked functionality as well as diminish your ability to fulfill your original goal. I would strongly suggest polling your audience before making such huge decisions on their behalf. I understand you're the product owner, but you also don't want to leave your user-base feeling abandoned. I'm speaking not only as a user of the system, but as a UX/Usability professional.
Because we would have had to completely shut the website down in absence of a monetization strategy.
And certainly there are other options to explore than this.
Why not take out your frustration on TCG's legal department instead of the guy who spends many hours of his free time creating a free website for your enjoyment and benefit? We didn't get here because the deckbox team wants to use Amazon prices. We are here because they can't use TCGplayer anymore under legal threat. You should be able to appreciate the difference as a professional. It isn't their intention to offer a deliberately worse product.
Sorry this happened sebi. I'm sure you are working on the best solution, and this was the one that you could implement quickly while figuring out the best options for the site and long term growth.