I've Had Enough and Today Everyone Has the Phoronix Premium Experience (opens in new tab)

Phoronix is great for quickly getting up to speed with what's happening in core / desktop linux development. I tried using it with an adblocker exception, but the pages loaded so slowly or not at all (because the adserver was overloaded or something). Adblocker went back on after that.

I really want to subscribe for a year, but the only option is a recurring subscription through paypal. Yes, yes, I know I can just go in to paypal and cancel the recurring subscription (once I figure out where it is). But I have this weird paranoia that canceling in paypal will also cancel my premium access.

Michael, if you're reading this, I have a few suggestions on how you might increase conversion rates to premium:

- Offer non-recurring annual subscription

- Make it easier to sign up for premium. Instead of having to create a forum account first, why not have it run the other way (or both ways)? Someone hits the premium button on the front page, enters their email, password and payment and that's it. Afterwards, they can optionally choose a forum nickname.

- Consider offering forms of payment other than paypal. I always feel a little dirty after using paypal, and avoid them if I can. Bitcoin would be nice (maybe through one of those intermediaries that shields you from BTC volatility risk).

Having someone close suffering from being burnt out: please be careful. It will hit you like a hammer from nowhere and can cause irreparable damage if you do not take it seriously.

Lets hope people donate a little today to relieve Phoronix of some of the preassure.

Did not realize Michael works on that 100+ hours a week. Totally insane. Thanks for all the benchmarks and Linux info -- $35/year for you :)

I work in ad tech, and indeed some areas and experiences are less-than-optimal, especially in RTB.

Unless the site owner is selling highly-custom take-overs, skins or other non-standard formats, ad interference with site content and layout is almost entirely eliminated via the use of iframes.

google cache link: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:w1Pctj...

Unfortunately, the Premium Experience was an HTTP 504 in my case.

Is Phoronix Premium required to post in the forums?

Anyone know what ad network failed?

I've been surfing around on the (slow) site for about two minutes now, and I still can't tell exactly what "Phoronix" is. Having the short attention span typical of my folk, at three minutes I'll close the tab and move on.