Morning All!
I've been preaching the demise of Tapatalk for several months now and perhaps closer to a year.
Today is the day and I will explain why:
Over the course of the last months, Tapatalk has become more and more intrusive and with disregard to member privacy.
Here are some of the changes:
TT started to divert users to login through their own login function instead of our login.
TT showed advertising even though we opted out.
Tapatalk did not alert us about a security vulnerability for months. This vulnerability could have allowed attackers to gain access to your phone/ credentials.
The TT search function is now diluted with results from other websites.
By default TT uploads images to TT instead of our server. We turned this off.
TT keeps adding annoying popups to the site, which we keep removing.
We discovered that TT seems to be using a copy of our content on their servers. They have not asked permission for this.
These events have made clear that we would stop offering Tapatalk once the new site is online.
However, Tapatalk has now announced that they will start emailing our members regularly. There is no reason whatsoever for a mobile app to start emailing members. We did not give Tapatalk permission to make use of any of our member data and will take legal action against Tapatalk if they do anything of such kind.
In light of the above I am now removing Tapatalk from this site. I apologize to those who enjoy the functionality.
I strongly advise anyone to remove Tapatalk from their devices.
I've been preaching the demise of Tapatalk for several months now and perhaps closer to a year.
Today is the day and I will explain why:
Over the course of the last months, Tapatalk has become more and more intrusive and with disregard to member privacy.
Here are some of the changes:
TT started to divert users to login through their own login function instead of our login.
TT showed advertising even though we opted out.
Tapatalk did not alert us about a security vulnerability for months. This vulnerability could have allowed attackers to gain access to your phone/ credentials.
The TT search function is now diluted with results from other websites.
By default TT uploads images to TT instead of our server. We turned this off.
TT keeps adding annoying popups to the site, which we keep removing.
We discovered that TT seems to be using a copy of our content on their servers. They have not asked permission for this.
These events have made clear that we would stop offering Tapatalk once the new site is online.
However, Tapatalk has now announced that they will start emailing our members regularly. There is no reason whatsoever for a mobile app to start emailing members. We did not give Tapatalk permission to make use of any of our member data and will take legal action against Tapatalk if they do anything of such kind.
In light of the above I am now removing Tapatalk from this site. I apologize to those who enjoy the functionality.
I strongly advise anyone to remove Tapatalk from their devices.