Phoronix Premium

At Phoronix we believe in the right to free content and will not restrict or otherwise limit you from accessing our content at Phoronix.com. However, at Phoronix our primary revenue stream is through the advertisements that you see on Phoronix. We depend upon this revenue in order to maintain our operations and continue serving the Linux and free software communities. When readers use such services as AdBlock or AdBlock Plus, our revenue suffers. With the growing usage of these services and the request of readers who would like to better support our operations, we have established a Phoronix Premium subscription service. By subscribing to this service, you are able to view Phoronix without any of these advertisements as well as receive other benefits. This premium service offers the following advantages:

- Ad-Free Browsing! By becoming a Phoronix Premium subscriber, when you log into your account and browse Phoronix or the Phoronix Forums, it will be an advertisement-free experience. These ads on Phoronix that will be removed include but not limited to Google AdSense, Kontera ContentLinks, and Flash-based advertisements. Below is a screenshot of how the Phoronix homepage looks to a premium subscriber.

- Single Page Viewing: For multi-page Phoronix articles, premium subscribers have the option of accessing a single-page version. No longer do you need to bother with paging through the article, but the entire article is displayed on a single page. More information.

- Access to the Phoronix Premium area of the Phoronix Forums: In the premium area, anything and everything is fair game for discussion. We will also be sharing with you information on our upcoming content and you can voice which reviews you would like to see next.

- Supporting Phoronix: By becoming a Phoronix Premium subscriber, your contribution goes a long way in supporting our Linux hardware efforts. Not all hardware we review and test is provided free by the manufacturer. We also have growing server and bandwidth bills, in addition to other expenses.

- Future additions: In the future we will also be introducing other features and services for our Phoronix Premium subscribers.

To become a Phoronix Premium subscriber, you first must create an account on the Phoronix Forums. Once doing so and clicking the activation link emailed to you, the forum account can be set to a premium status. Click this link followed by agreeing to the terms and conditions and proceeding with the payment process. At this time, a Phoronix Premium subscription is as low as $2.50 USD per month. Subscriptions can be renewed and in the future we may offer additional options. PayPal is the preferred means of handling these transactions. Once completing the subscription process, your forum account will be set to a Phoronix Premium Subscriber status. When browsing Phoronix or the Phoronix Forums all ads will be disabled. You must be logged into your Phoronix Forums account in order for the ads to be disabled while browsing Phoronix.

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