Removing the Disqus comments

When I started the blog, comments were an important feature. Every blog should have a comment section for each page.

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Not being well into internet technologies back then, and happy to have some solution, I added Disqus comments. It was free to start with, easy to integrate, and there were occasionally some comments on blog posts. And quite a few on my BitBake guide.

So I was happy, then I stopped thinking about it.

Why I’m removing Disqus

I usually browse the web with privacy-focused browsers, and I do not see a lot of advertisements. Now, I was shocked when I recently saw my page on a mobile phone browser with default settings.

I am/was aware that Disqus shows ads in its free plan, and I am fine with that. But what they show is too much. It ruins the page.

I am not sure if it always has been like this, or if they changed over the years. However, since this is not a very much used feature, I will remove it.

I am aware Disqus needs to make money, but they do not have a pricing plan that fits this page. It starts with $10/month, and I do not see the value in adding another subscription to my expenses. Especially since there are better, more privacy-focused solutions for a small blog like this.

The future

I have to put this blog on a domain I own, then I will have more freedom to move pages. This page started on Bitbucket, was moved to GitLab, and when I did that, I said the next move would happen to my own domain. So I need a domain. Then I’ll move the blog to a place where I can implement the comment system I want.

I’m not sure when this will happen, but it will.

Disclaimer

This post was written by a human. AI has only been used for spell-checking.