$250 to remove brand removal?? Is this true?

[zenzenzen]

Before I buy XF, I saw that on top of the $140 licensing fee, it's an additional $250 to remove the copyright brand:

" Branding Removal - $250*
This allows you to remove the visible XenForo copyright notice from all pages."

It seems a bit high, since I'm already dropping $140 upfront

Do you guys remove the this brand/copy logo?
Are there other ways to remove the brand after spending $140? via CSS coding for example?

 

[Mendalla]

I would think existence would be important for everyone. But that's a pretty deep conversation. What is life? What is existence? The alternative is nothingness? Is there an afterlife when you don't exist?

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But seriously, I don't see a problem with XF charging a substantial fee for brand removal. That's a marketing and IP concern so seems fair. The copyright statement isn't that obtrusive (I rarely even scroll down that far) so I can't see me ever using it anyway. Maybe if I was doing some dramatic restyling for a commercially branding site (in which case the $300 would just be another line in the project budget), but not for a regular forum like the ones I tend to frequent.

 

[Nicolas FR]

As I wrote previously you have to see the problem upside down: The XenForo license costs $460 but if you accept a small copyright then you have a reduction of $300!

 

[Mendalla]

As I wrote previously you have to see the problem upside down: The XenForo license costs $460 but if you accept a small copyright then you have a reduction of $300!

That's an interesting way to look at it, actually. Probably would be tough to market that way, but it does rationalize it better in some other ways.

 

[Arantor]

Do you also only ever take unbranded carry-bags places or do you use the ones the shop has that have their branding on?

Do you remove the badge from your car indicating what brand it is? A Ferrari is still obviously a Ferrari, after all.

Do you choose a phone case deliberately to hide the manufacturer‘s logo?

If you do not do it in these cases, why worry about it on a forum?

 

[Wanji]

Do you also only ever take unbranded carry-bags places or do you use the ones the shop has that have their branding on?

Do you remove the badge from your car indicating what brand it is? A Ferrari is still obviously a Ferrari, after all.

Do you choose a phone case deliberately to hide the manufacturer‘s logo?

If you do not do it in these cases, why worry about it on a forum?

Is there any option to remove?

 

[Arantor]

Of course - you can bring your own bags, you can remove the badge from your car, you can have a phone case that hides the brand.

My question is the larger one: would you actually do so? If so, why?

 

[TPerry]

My question is the larger one: would you actually do so? If so, why?

Because sometimes it comes across and gaudy and clean is nice?
I removed the TRD Off-Road 4x4 from my Tundra because it looks like something you'd stick on a HotWheels truck. I use a case on my phone mainly for protection.. but I'm also not a big fan of that shiny/gaudy apple.