And you'd know because you probably entered a submission to the competition.

You really must try harder LeBron, your attempts at humour are getting worse by the day.

The adverts do indeed pay for: hosting, domains, security certificates, licenses and insurance. We do also occasionally donate to worthy causes and sponsorships. Without the adverts, or an alternative of equal value, there would sadly be no RLFANS.COM. As we have struggled over the years and put our own money in to keep the site running, the option of no RLFANS.COM is something that we have considered.

If we were to offer a totally 'Ads free' site for a monthly subscription, is this something which would appeal to people? What would be a reasonable monthly charge for such a subscription?

Who cares about the adverts. It literally takes half a second to close the add down. It’s only absolute losers that would complain about a service they don’t pay for

It's a real mystery as to why VT has died on its arris I'd guess the primary reason is nothing to do with ads...

It wasn’t “merged”. Rlfans gave it a life line.