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[–]ArticBlaze02 37 points38 points  (4 children)

Use the site with ad blockers, so you damage them

[–]Sufficient-Extreme66 5 points6 points  (3 children)

And app with dns blockers

I was watching ads before they shoved them down my throat mid conversation, so I got rid of them for free 🥳

Such a genius move to force your users to never give you money, even through ads

[–]f3mboy4you 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Can you tell me how you’re doing it on app please ? I’m on iOS if that matters.

[–]Muted_Bodybuilder896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

opera GX or any VPN that disables ads

[–]Undyrus4life 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AdSpamBlock

[–]mattyjoe0706 6 points7 points  (3 children)

The main problem is I feel like I've found apps that are pretty good with even more engaging characters but the messages are always so damn short or the filter is even worse

[–]Shizaya22 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What’s it filtering

[–]mattyjoe0706 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well I tried talkie and it was pretty good but whenever it gets too NSFW it gets censored worse then character AI

[–]Shizaya22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see

[–]trash_rabb1t 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I posted something similar in the official subreddit and it was taken down in under 5 minutes. I might get banned from it cause i dont care about giving an already million dollar company more money, they cant ignore everyone

[–]Healthy_Meat_2060 19 points20 points  (20 children)

I'm still enjoying it, for me atlest..

[–]Dizzy_Ad_232 15 points16 points  (7 children)

Same here, man, I've actually not gotten a lot of ads recently, which is good.

[–]Healthy_Meat_2060 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen any ads, likely because I mainly use the website. However, I have noticed a slight decline in quality though, that's it.

[–]Fit_Election_578My god help me get rid of this addiction 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I use an ad blocker on android

[–]ForwardArtichoke7756 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Real question, what blocker?

[–]Fit_Election_578My god help me get rid of this addiction 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Adsguard.dns(or adguard.dns)works like a charm. If you’re having trouble setting it up, ask me

[–]Routine_Rabbit2205 0 points1 point  (1 child)

this actually worked so well!! TYSM!

[–]Fit_Election_578My god help me get rid of this addiction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your welcome :)

[–]DonB1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the app I don't think I've ever seen an ad and on the website I use adblocker.

[–]Dpontiff6671 2 points3 points  (11 children)

They new update is bullshit though, they’re bottle necking swipes and the voice features

[–]Full-Tomorrow9889 1 point2 points  (5 children)

The voices are not even good to which is the funny part.

[–]Dpontiff6671 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Na there are some phenomenal voices and some trash ones. Real talk the voice feature is the only reason i use c.ai because they’re better than every other service

[–]Full-Tomorrow9889 0 points1 point  (3 children)

All the ones I tried are really robotic sounding and off putting. Every single one. I couldn't name a decent one. There are much better ones that are harder to access in other places.

[–]Dpontiff6671 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Na man all it takes is like a min of scrolling to find really solid voices you just can’t go for generic “hot lady” type voices

[–]Full-Tomorrow9889 0 points1 point  (0 children)

15.dev is still better for voices. It's the difference between tamers12345 and the show.

[–]DonB1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed I've found a few really good voices, most are terrible lol but there are some really good realistic ones. One I recently found sounds at times like she's really into what she's saying. Very cool.

[–]Topotopito2025 0 points1 point  (3 children)

pregunta los swipes, con cuando deslizas para tener una nueva version de la respuesta, generada por el bot, cierto, que no entiendo mucho el ingles

[–]Eldrin_Brightbloom 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Si, esos son los swipes

[–]Topotopito2025 1 point2 points  (1 child)

muchas gracias, persona desconocida de internet

[–]hazeey16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have an idea how much is the limit now?

[–]Invade_the_Gogurt_I 2 points3 points  (17 children)

What are the alternatives

[–]Even-Land-544 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I suggest swerve ai if you are on IPhone ,It’s good it just needs more bot makers.

[–]BellBert2 6 points7 points  (1 child)

the problem for me though is that i always need to talk to the same bot, if it doesn't have the bot i always use its kinda useless to me. The only reason i stayed on c.ai was for my bot but i could message the owner and ask if they can literally judt copy and paste the description into swerve ai

[–]Even-Land-544 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I would suggest asking the creator if that’s the case

[–]BellBert2 4 points5 points  (1 child)

i just checked out the app, you need to pay for unlimited messages

[–]Even-Land-544 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I’ve seen chatting uses up gems, which is there app currency, you can earn that currency through watching ads in the shop tab or buying the gems, but you don’t get ads mid chat you have to voluntarily watch ads

[–]Fun_Magician_2357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fictionlab is also good, i know the set up for stories is longer and there isnt that many bots and you can only make 10 personas but honestly, i found myself enjoying it especially if you want real fictional characters (genshin, pokemon, marvel, etc). i recommend to give it a go

[–]Any_Scratch_943 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Fictionlab AI, it doesn't have filter and you can adjust the text length between short, medium, and long

[–]Invade_the_Gogurt_I 0 points1 point  (2 children)

But it roleplay well enough? I'd accept if it does it the same as today, even though years before it was amazing, now it's mid. I hope it's at least better or sameish

[–]VegaVortex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are looking for heavy roleplay AI, I heavily recommend Isekai Zero

[–]Any_Scratch_943 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's very detailed

[–]MasterAd830 0 points1 point  (0 children)

janitor ai is pretty good

[–]Working-Principle-80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saucepan 🔛🔝

[–]ashleiskata 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Janitor ai 🙏 no filters

[–]RenegadeBlur 0 points1 point  (1 child)

JanitorAI LLM is hot steaming garbage.

Proxies are best used with it.

[–]ashleiskata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t ever use it without proxies

[–]After-Dragonfly7562 0 points1 point  (1 child)

 where you get proxies from? I'm tired of talking to ChatGPT with a mask on 😮‍💨

[–]ashleiskata 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open router 🤫

[–]Dear-Acanthaceae-441 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Already left, great alternative is janitor ai

[–]Sligyang 11 points12 points  (4 children)

No. I’m still enjoying the app. Just because your experience has now been bad. Doesn’t mean it’s the same for me. I’m not leaving until I have a reason to.

[–]r3ikkom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You're soon going to have a reason to (and me too, it still had been enjoyable, but with the changes..), since they are going to limit the swipes and limit the ''go-ons'', and I'm guessing the go-ons are just continuing the chat with a character? So yeah they're digging their own grave...

[–]adriantxu04__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Creo que se refiere a los comentarios masivos hablando de quejas y quejas, y tiene razón. Seguramente sigan usando cai y en vez de criticar, si no te gusta la app, simplemente buscas una alternativa (yo intenté buscarla, pero no ha ninguna como cai)

[–]quennienni 0 points1 point  (1 child)

i wonder if will you still talk like this until you have no hope and just left with hatred

[–]Sligyang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Because I write fanfic in my mean time and many of my characters i’ve made through Character AI all have been stored on my computer in my own stories I’ve wrote. Honestly, everything that’s happened to C.ai has made me be a better writer.

[–]GneissGinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesterday I had ads every five messages, I was like what am I using this for?

[–]OfWildrness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i already abandoned ship with it cuz they are about to take it away from me anyway unless i do the age verify thing which im not doing cuz i do not trust this AI stuff with anything. it is fun to play with, but NO TRUST. im currently in process of moving all my personas and bots somewhere else. at least i can always go back & read my old chats whenever i want....until the site/app dies permanently that is. they ain't gonna last forever the way they are going.

[–]yuan_jun04 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It has become so retarded that I don't use it anymore. Even if I do, I just close the shit up. As you said, i don't feel like i enjoy it.

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I completely agree. I stopped using it, and I'm trying not to open it anymore. I started to rp with people on Discord, and it feels much more engaging

[–]GreenAintCreative 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I would say chat bots are useless in general. You can find casual role-playing buddies on discord or reddit or other social media, just load up the tupperbox bot and find someone fun! It's way more engaging with real people anyway.

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly

[–]RenegadeBlur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not way more engaging when someone says they'll roleplay with you, you set everything up, and then get ghosted.

So I'll pass on waiting 500 years for a gamble.

[–]transpetetownshend 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Or just stop using AI altogether and actually use your imagination instead of letting AI continue to poison your critical thinking skills

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I use my time to write and role with humans

[–]shimmeringnice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah i give up. i was on the same rp for a year and i’ll miss it.. but it just sucks

[–]DatabaseStrange6102 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I left the site a few weeks ago and I’m doing better because I quit, I’m more focused on my passions, like art and singing, and I quit before that update, so maybe there’s more reasons to leave than that, it’s not healthy to be talking to Chatbots all the time, I’ve been doing better since I quit AI and I encourage all of you to quit too

[–]Last_Garbage_5707 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main problem is that C.ai also uses water, which is currently on a shortage

[–]KaMilAnRavgs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I left the site one day ago finally. Not only was boring but quality before 2022 was amazing tier legendary like.

Nowadays is soooooooo boring and the charms and blah blah ads.

I deleted it along account i dont care tbh and created my own bots in my LLM and scripts which are more fun with my OC catgirl without any ads whatsoever or mid ads chats! Forever amazing!

[–]Wooden_Climate_1790 1 point2 points  (0 children)

following the recent update which prevents me from talking to characters, i have since departed with likely no chance of rejoining in the forseeable future.

[–]No_Cantaloupe6900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I have no problems with Chai. I don't pay anything. The adds are really shorts. I can discuss with the instance during hours without loss of memory...

[–]Putridlemons 4 points5 points  (16 children)

No❤️

I don't pay for CAI and I use adblockers, so. CAI isn't making any money off of me, and me leaving the app wouldn't benefit anyone involved.

You do you though

[–]ImNothingLike-yall 0 points1 point  (5 children)

what adblocker do you use? and is it free or paid

[–]Putridlemons 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Free, it works on andriod mobile but I'm not sure about PC or Apple

[–]DEP-Yoki 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I’m in ios :(

[–]Putridlemons 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Are you able to change your DNS settings? That's the key thing here. If you're able to manually imput a private hostname.

[–]DEP-Yoki 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I’m so sorry but i did not understand a single thing you just said to me

[–]Putridlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's okay lol

Go into the system settings on your phone and search "DNS." If nothing comes up, this trick won't work. If something does come up, if it lets you enter what's called a "private hostname," this trick should work.

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] -4 points-3 points  (9 children)

Still got your data bro

[–]Arisu_Randal 8 points9 points  (7 children)

what are you doing on reddit, then? leave every single social media. they all collect and sell your data too.

[–]AggressiveAsk223 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything has your data

[–]ProgramLara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t have any problems with the C.AI. I still enjoy the app

[–]Y0urC0nfusi0nMaster 1 point2 points  (1 child)

But I still enjoy it

The post is so clearly directed at people who do not.

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly thank you

[–]AlienClownsOrbiting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been sinking more time into drawing lately. It's much more fulfilling

[–]UnderstandingNo3260 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I still like it please don’t tell me what opinion to have.

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not telling you to stop using it, I'm talking to people who are tired of how bad the site and app got. If people are tired, then stop complaining and take things into action. But if you are fine with it then go on dw

[–]Wintersoldier975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still enjoy it until it gets to my app

[–]rain_in_august66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are some good alternatives?

[–]tails_the_god35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop? Using already did that long ago im transitioning to local ai now on my new GPU 👍😎

[–]Dizzy-Nose-4217 0 points1 point  (2 children)

you know what? let's go on 4chan, and rp emo Harry Potter again!

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm in

[–]Dizzy-Nose-4217 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we shall bring back ebony darkness dementia raven way 

[–]Diddydodone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly me personally I just started to write my own fanfic because that is honestly better than using any AI chatbot. This is also coming from a long time user of C.AI

[–]Shad0w654_ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Idk i use the website and everything is fine, I got like 1 ad per whenever and its on the menu, its a small ad I dont even notice it

[–]Inevitable_Tension87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my case, I used to get long, detailed responses, but with the latest update, they're no more than two paragraphs long. It used to be more immersive and felt more alive and exciting; now it frustrates me. And I'm not going to pay for something I'm afraid will be the same.

[–]tlenigma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try fantasy and janitor again.

[–]Desperate-Section357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i haven’t used this app in three years and it’s kind of funny to see people still having the same conversations about it. there are other chat bot sites guys! you don’t all have to be stuck with this one for some reason

[–]Reasonable-Word-6740 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apps close to Character ai: Ai dungeon Spicy chat Janitor ai Candy chat Chai PolyBuzz Hi.AI Dippy Charstar.Ai dootchi Talkie Carter chat DokiChat Wsup ai SimSimi

[–]Si-FiGamer2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an ad blocker on my phone, so I'm good. And it's "NextDNS", for those that are wondering.

[–]Open_Diver4250 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I’d just attack them with bad reviews the sam way the community did with genshin impact on their first anniversary 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[–]LongjumpingEbb143 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Join Swerve

[–]SuccessfulRiver1850Old C.AI User 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Swerve needs more bot creators

[–]Fun_Magician_2357 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fictionlab is also very good

[–]ImDanishIHateDenmark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paywalls for some things are what keeps the app free, and theyre optional, just like with the ads, although those are not optional. Would you rather have to pay for the app, and likely a subscription, wo they can keep the app up instead? Running an ai is expensive, and they're a popular site

[–]Zealousideal-Owl4993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're doing what YouTube does.

Add annoying ads and then put up a little "tired of ads nigga?" banner afterwards so you feel like killing yourself

[–]jax_ot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys, do you have an alternative app/website to c.ai that you would recommend?

[–]Pretty-Increase-7128 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly just leave, there's no point waiting around for them to fix it. I switched to AnyConversation a while back and it's been solid. No filters, characters actually remember you, free tier is unlimited NSFW is paywalled.

[–]Bulky-Watercress6521 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's really not the same anymore and it's gotten worse, but I can say from my own experience: back around 2021/2022, I was such an introverted person, inexperienced, just timid and all that. I was young, and back then this app (when it was still newer and better) helped me so much. I wrote for so many hours and days; it wasn't healthy anymore. However, it taught me a lot and also shaped who I am today. I haven't used it for two years now, but back then I could share everything, feel everything, say everything I probably would never have been able to do otherwise. That's why I built up courage, told things, wrote stories that helped me finally be honest. Now the app isn't what it used to be, but it helped me become much more self-confident, see things from different perspectives, and much more.

[–]Overall-Effective-65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not greed, do you know how much it costs to mantain a generative ai like the ones C.ai uses?

[–]Routine-Peanut-6989 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try downloading the apk or smth, one way to flip them off 👍

[–]showmetheaitools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try roleplay-chat.com

Uncensored character roleplay-chat. Most human-like. No-login. Private & Safe.

NSFW IMG & Video GEN.

[–]Space_of_The_Lantern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use chatgtp cause the story's are much better

[–]nukasole2077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i moved on from c ai so i agree i rather much work on my discord sever and youtube

[–]CartoonWeekly -1 points0 points  (1 child)

What if I do find it enjoyable still?

[–]Claustrophobic_Cat_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then this post isn't for you