How do I get rid of these stupid advertisements on the welcome screen?
I want to see the product I purchased, not "Full Scholarship: Get Your Doctorate for Free" or "Share Logos with Dad for Father's Day"
Whilst it can't be totally avoided try to exit the app whilst in Library or reading a book. If you don't need the study tools try the Vyrso app with NO Home screen - it still has search and offline search.
It is a "free" app. Maybe they'll offer a paid app with no ads.
Are you suggesting that the ads are there to cover the expenses and cost incurred in the development of the application?
I work extensively with mobile applications for products I support and install professionally. The mobile applications to access purchased content or purchased applications are almost always exclusively free and void of ads.
People spend thousands of dollars for an electronic library, and in order to access it on Android are required to do so through an advertisement ridden piece of software. This is outrageous. This would be crazy if it were any company out there, but to come from a company that sells Biblical literature? Come on...
Not using it doesn't seem like a very good fix.
The news section will not be as prominent in the upcoming 2.0 release of the Vyrso / Logos / Biblia apps.
Obviously, Logos knows whether it is a "free" app for me or not.
Every other app I've loaded on my 'droid that uses ads for the free version, also auto-disables advertising if I purchase the paid version.
How much money must users spend on Logos resources before the mobile app allows disabling advertisements? Or at least allows management of advertising categories on an opt-in basis?
The app may be free, but it is pretty useless if you haven't spent money on the full program. If you look at the advertisements for purchasing Logos Bible Programs, a major plus is the fact that you can have it on your computer, tablet and phone and they sync (although mine don't always appear to be syncing with any consistency). I guess if you purchased the program before the app was available, then it could be considered "free." If you purchased in the last year, you purchased a package which was quite expensive and included the app as a part of the package.
With all the ads I get in my emails, I don't need the home page ads, but I don't really mind. Once a month I am reminded of the free book: small price to pay for a free book!
but it is pretty useless if you haven't spent money on the full program
er....a... the laptop app is also technically free.
FREE APP? looking at the account page, I've spent over $3k for this Logos products on this free app. Maybe they could rethink the ads for those who are supporting the company with paid products that run on this free app.
Which would make the application more useful to the user and beneficial to the user's studies? If it was treated as a desktop like windows where the user can put links, shortcuts, small blurbs of their own information, or a page of ads controlled by the company?
FREE APP? looking at the account page, I've spent over $3k for this Logos products on this free app
The reason I think it is best to think of the product is free is that as individuals we've spent anything from $500-50000 on it (numbers for illustration purposes only). It's not like other software in which the difference in price is home-professional-site or some such distinction. It's a matter of out pocketbook and interests. You could appropriately call the price difference in base packages in order to buy the resources to activate certain features a "software cost" but generally you're actually purchasing a database resource.
