What’s all the hate for UG about? I’ve been using it for years, as a casual guitar player, to get tabs of songs I want to learn. Happy to pay $15 year for the service. I know they annoy you constantly to get premium if you are a free user but for the price, I don’t know of a better service for tabs.
I wish. I was late to the party on that one. But in general, I pay way more than I should for a lifetime one time payment just to avoid a subscription. Can’t stand it.
It’s not about UG specifically. It’s about websites forcing you to install their app instead of just being in the browser. Like how many apps do I have to install for every little thing? One just to order pizza, one to look up lyrics, Twitter app just to see one post, reddit app because you can’t comment from browser ofc. Like my phone is a dumpster fire already.
I hear you. I just ordered pizza from a local pizzeria we like via their app. It’s one random hole in the wall pizzeria and I need their app to order a pie. In that regard, I completely agree. It’s out of control.
Use the app, pop ups, auto playing videos/ads, the internet has become incredibly shitty. I went to BBC News (historically a bastion of good web practices) and they now even have a big popup to get you to sign up.
I use Guitar Chords and Tabs ( the App Name ). The website is (Chords and Tabs)[www.chords-and-tabs.net]. It’s got a decent catalog and for any song you can’t find or is incorrect, just go find one on Ultimate Guitar, copy, then paste into your own version under their “My Songs” section.
I’ve been pretty pleased with it overall. Pro version is around $2.
(addendum: 2.5 using “easy list” block list in vivaldi (a chrome based browser) allows the mbile site to be viewed with only minor annoyance easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt )
I paid for the full version many many years ago. I think it was a whopping $1 or something and I got grandfathered in somehow because I’ve always had full access to everything even though I never bought a subscription.
I’m in the same boat, but even with that I’m still finding myself avoiding them in favor of songsterr due to the ludicrous number of ads for features I never wanted or asked for in the app. Shockingly, they all cost more money! Who’dve thought
It’s gotten worse recently - previously I could dismiss that and still see the whole tab. Now after seeing visiting a few tab pages, it prevents me from seeing any on mobile. Switching to private browsing works, but gosh it is annoying!
That would surprise me. Most platforms throw permission dialogs whenever an app gets too nosy. If it was a free app, I could see it being forced because it would be harder to block ads.
Detecting a mobile browser is easier than making every feature on your site mobile responsive, and confirming its a good mobile experience. Every add they show in the app could be shown in the browser, though I guess they would get access to notifications if that’s the case.