I have NO issue paying for it at all, SO LONG as the site is rewritten to stop stripping colour profiles. Make life a LOT easier (and more colourful )
I paid for a PBase account for this very reason. I will continue to pay for PBase (cheaper) unless Salvatore fixes the colour profile issue.
This was recently fixed, Lewis. It only works for newly uploaded images (but you can upload a new version of any of your old images too.) The only minor bug I've noticed is that the colour profile isn't applied when the image is being displayed with the plate solve overlay. When you mouse over you can see it turn on and off.
I only go to Astrobin to admire others work but it seems only fair that someone providing such a great resource should get some compensation for it. Whether he made it free initially is immaterial, there are obviously substantial costs involved and a huge time commitment, to expect such a service to be free ad infinitum seems a bit rich.
The subscription is intended to fund additional development and maintenance of the site. I don't think Salvatore will have much left over for wild parties and fast cars, or even fast scopes
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