No problem with Logos advertising
the new subscription options. Don't mind emails about subscriptions, or even advertising made in good taste in the various apps.
Even though I have made it clear that I have no interest in any subscription, that is okay.
What I don't like is this: While doing Bible Study and sermon prep, subscription advertising pops up on top of my Logos Bible study app. It is distracting from my study and it is annoying to me.
Can't you give us a opt out of that?
"In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church," John Wesley
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I think the "Show Banners" option in Program Settings will accomplish what you want.
Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer
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Thank you, Andrew Batishko. I appreciate the information.
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That's one of the spaces where I consider advertising to be quite inappropriate, even if it can be disabled. I do understand that there's a need to inform every user about the new subscriptions, and that doing this in the application is pretty much the only option. But there needs to be a better way.
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Delivering the excitement of subscriptions thru the bitter taste of advertising during Bible study is not a marketer's dream come true.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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I would take a guess that whoever thought this was a good idea isn't someone who uses Logos.
They were using these banners awhile before the subscriptions. I first got them (and complained on here) in April 2024. The ad I got told me that if I was a student I should contact them about academic discounts.
There's no reason for anything like that in Logos in the study area. There's already plenty of Logos ads on the dashboard. That's where this would belong.
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I don't look at ads. I have a real thing about unknown people trying to control me! But in the new P. E. E. (Private Equity Era), advertising, which is really little more than manipulation and control, is fair game to drive up profits. Awhile ago, 1Cor13 gave us a very interesting look at the new PE policies based on his financial experience. It's just the world breaking in on yet another Christian domain. Kia kaha, Logosians.
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I don't mind subscriptions, I plan to subscribe as soon as Logos resolves this problem: Did you know that you cannot do any Word Study of any kind if your device is offline?
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I was told we could do Word Study on our phones with Logos software while offline. That assurance came from an uninformed person and I found it to be false once I did my own tests. Forgive me if I don't take you at your word, but has your claim been proven yet?
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Not sure what DMM needs to prove … I work almost totally offline, and Bible Word Studies works fine (desktop).
But your frustration with the mobile is merited. Almost anything serious on the mobile needs server-access.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Well, DMM's claim was "I believe..".. belief doesn't equal truth. We now see that the desktop version works offline but the mobile version does not. Thank you, DMB, for your efforts. I will refrain from making desktop users aware of this Logos software limitation as it does not apply to those folks.
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I will look for that as well. I also had to unsubscribe from email - 3-5 a day wanting me to buy more books was/is unnecessary. It looks more and more like it has become about the money instead of real bible content and depth. Will probably keep my subscription for now. Sad.
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As a long-time Bible software user, I find Logos increasingly frustrating, particularly due to its intrusive advertising. The Bible study workspace should be a place of focus, not a marketplace for software developers to push their products. This invasion of privacy is not only unwarranted but also counterproductive to software sales or meaningful study.
Additionally, Logos’ search functionality leaves much to be desired. Despite its modern interface, I often find myself returning to older software packages that provide more efficient and reliable search capabilities. As a former Wordsearch user—one of many forced into Logos without a choice—I can't help but feel that the transition has been more of a downgrade than an upgrade.
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Additionally, Logos’ search functionality leaves much to be desired. Despite its modern interface, I often find myself returning to older software packages that provide more efficient and reliable search capabilities. As a former Wordsearch user—one of many forced into Logos without a choice—I can't help but feel that the transition has been more of a downgrade than an upgrade.
Can you provide some examples of more reliable searches? This statement leaves me puzzled for a number of reasons.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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By "more reliable searches," I mean tools that provide a full concordance-style list of word occurrences rather than selective or filtered results. For example, WordSearch and BibleWorks return every instance of a word within a specific book, much like Englishman’s Concordance, Strong’s, or Young’s. In contrast, Logos often omits results or fails to return any occurrences for a given search. If a search engine doesn’t provide a complete list, it’s not useful for in-depth study—at least in my experience.
As a result, I’ve learned that I cannot rely on Logos’ search engine.
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Ah, what you did not take into account is that Logos provides a concordance tool to provide the results you are looking for. The description of "selective or filtered" results is not accurate but I see why you describe it as such. When you have concrete examples, bring them to the forum and we will explain what is actually happening in the example so you can have more confidence in the results.
The Concordance can run on nearly any book, indexing a variety of items - word, root, sense, lemma - with several options controlling the display or export.
Please come to the forums when you don't know how to do something or don't understand the results. Your questions help others.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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