I leave you lot alone for 5 minutes and look at what you have been up to! :toung:
1. Just to make it clear, I run the forum by myself and do not see a penny of any income.
2. The forum's sponsorship income is not enough to make it a viable business proposal, so if anybody thinks that a load of sponsorship money is being raked in, then you could not be more wrong.
3. The sponsors help to cover the costs of the forum, If we had no sponsors, there would not be a forum.
However;
1. Nobody is forcing anybody to use any of the sponsors. If you find another comparable service that is of good value, then go ahead and use it! It is fine to inform others of this. No problems from me at all.
2. Of course the sponsors are here to make money. That is the whole point of advertising.
If you do you have chance to support the sponsors then great. I can spend time on making the site better (or spend more time on legal issues).
I have to deal with these arguments plus ALOT more behind the scenes on a daily basis and sometime wonder whether it is worth all of the hassle legal proceedings, physical threats and constant bickering.