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I visit Mecabricks everyday and I know where the buttons are located to view what I want to view.
But today, I came out on a different page, the SHOP page.

What once started as an experiment with WebGL is slightly turning into a big big business...
I've marked a few milestones each year:

• 2012: Mecabricks launch ~ nice basic workshop with 200 bricks
• 2013: Friendly design for Mecabricks. More parts (and password reset 😄)
• 2014: Flexible parts, groups, 1,000 users, lots of massive builds, ...
• 2015: Renderings, contests, forum, 😄 😃 😛
• 2016: LDD import & a money merchandising machine
• 2017: MoneyBricks?

In 2014, the advertisements came on some visible places, but it didn't attrack people too much from the site.
Since this year, we got more advertisments... One in the MIDDLE of the account sidebar, one ABOVE the forum, one UNDER the search box.
There are positionated quite well and therefore I've installed Adblock as I don't want to buy a 3D t-shirts or date any ukrainian women or in generally if I don't want to be annoyed with advertiments. 😜 I fully understand the fact that there needs to be money, but it's getting pretty clear to me that it is becoming money alone. I didn't even talked about the giant red DONATE button. I mean, that red thing that everybody's sees on the homepage.

What's the plan with the new shop?
-Will people have to pay to get more bricks in the workshop?
-Will people have to buy a subscription soon to be able to build with Mecabricks?

I hope these ridiculous features don't get implemented at some time and that the shop is not becoming a big part of the website...

Mecabricks is a place to share knowledge. Read about things how to render, make decorations, build stuff, share it around the globe and have fun. 😄