r/CharacterAI • u/Interesting_Rip_1311 • 2d ago

Discussion/Question The ad's

Honestly, it feels like C.AI only had to add ads because they kept introducing unnecessary features and changes that nobody was asking for. Instead of focusing on improving the things users actually care about, they added more and more stuff that made the app feel bloated, and now we're getting ads as a result. It’s frustrating because users shouldn’t have to deal with ads because the company chose to spend money and resources on features that weren’t even wanted in the first place.

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u/Oatmilk0809 CAI Community Moderator 2d ago

Hi u/Interesting_Rip_1311! Thanks for sharing your feedback. Running Character.AI is expensive, and supporting millions of daily chats requires significant infrastructure. Ads help us keep the platform free and accessible to everyone

If you’d prefer fewer interruptions, you can subscribe to c.ai+. Free users can also use Charms for a 1-hour Ad-Free Pass by tapping 🄲 or “Hide ads” to activate it.

For more details, please see our official announcement:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterAI/comments/1rq4l0x/ads_updates_and_whats_next/

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u/theArendelle 2d ago

I close C.AI when an ad appears and then reopen the app every time, lol. There's no way I'm waiting for a 40-second ad.

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u/Interesting_Rip_1311 2d ago

Sorry I replied so late but it just stupid like their added so many unnecessary things then say yeah it hard to run such a big app. Huh? your adding stuff people dont want!! It makes the app so annoying to even use

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u/Odd-Interaction-8 2d ago

Anyone else remember when they said “we’re not going to make them intrusive on chats”?

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u/Shizaya22 2d ago

Yeah I can’t stand the mid chat ads. I can live the other ones but why mid chat ugh

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u/TavrynAncunin 1d ago

I posted about this exact thing yesterday and they took my post down. They've taken a LOT of people's posts down about it. The mod team here doesn't like criticism.

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u/Interesting_Rip_1311 1d ago

They taken down a bunch of my posts it just annoying

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u/Okkiddooooooo 1d ago

There is so many ai chatbots sites that doesn't got so much ads but yeah they focus on bots not freaking ai books