I also sometimes consciously dislike things because of annoying ads.

But it doesn’t matter. The overall result is that now you’re aware of that brand, you have a place for it in memory. After time passes it will be The One I’ve Heard Of unless you’re dedicated to remembering to avoid it. There’s something called the Mere Exposure Effect - it mostly works and they know it. :(

I haven’t tried it. What aspects make it different from what Loops or Pixelfed are already doing?

Sad to me a lot of times means stuff about time passing and getting older or things changing, so most of these are along that line. Some of the ones I think of first:

Time, Fat Old Sun, and High Hopes by Pink Floyd

In My Life by The Beatles (also Ozzy)

Hurt by Johnny Cash (orginally NiN)

Preaching the End of the World by Chris Cornell

There Was a Light Here by Demon Hunter

Thanks!

But yeah, it is rough. No wonder they keep it a secret, lol.

I have occasionally. I’ve got Google Play on my phone and I used to use a small tablet to do some reading.

Ultimately I find much better success rates reading a paper book. Having a single purpose item laying around helps motivate me, and the low-tech approach reduces distraction.

Had no idea they had an app. After peeking at that page, I still don’t. Do you just mean it’s a PWA, or is there a native one?

But yeah, agree that their UI/UX does not make it much fun. Still a great resource.

I just pulled a valuable card and got it graded through PSA. Wound up not being worth it really for me. But that might be because I paid for a single card. At the very least you save some on shipping if you send a bunch for grading at one time, but the submission fee might lower in bulk too, don’t remember.

The fee tho is based on how quick you want it done. I wanted it back within a couple months, so it cost me like 60 bucks. If you’re patient it’s a good bit cheaper (tho they did just send me an email saying they’re raising prices). My card (fresh from the pack) graded at 9, which in my case looks like it’s going about the same as ungraded, a little bit higher. Even if the card seems perfect, 8/9/10 is basically a toss up far as I can tell. My card went up in value a bit in the months the process took, so I pretty much broke even on the grading vs selling immediately. And PSA will handle the actual selling for you if you want, so that can be nice.

Anyway, that’s just my experience, and it’s n=1 so grain of salt.

From a collection perspective, I don’t really see the appeal in owning graded cards. On a base level, I want someone to enjoy them and I think the grading tombs lower the aesthetic appeal. I don’t want to put more graded cards into the world. But in some cases you just want as much money for your cards as possible. So grading might make sense for the valuable ones if they’re in especially good shape. Check pricecharting for the cards you’re considering for grading and see if there’s a nice bump.