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As for paid developments, no place was perfect.
It was unfortunate, because you were buying into something. Paying to both support the development, but also to be part of their ecosystem.
It was not great buying into forums (for all the previous reason).
It's why most people opted to use free forums. Not just because they were free (obviously).
But that being said, Woltlab Burning Board, was "fair"
Yet often unknown.
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