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In my opinion a simple Admin notification (like it is for the upgrade versions) would do the trick.

Yes, but this is the problem of the client himself and possibly the company where he has hosting, not yours. When deciding on a forum or website, you need to learn some basics yourself. And there's an easy way to do that. Only provide support for software issues. And when it comes to hosting settings etc, each customer using self-hosted on their own.

Also only cloud? 

Yes, but this is the problem of the client himself and possibly the company where he has hosting, not yours. When deciding on a forum or website, you need to learn some basics yourself. And there's an easy way to do that. Only provide support for software issues. And when it comes to hosting settings etc, each customer using self-hosted on their own.

Why do you immediately conclude that self-hosted client servers are outdated and lack the features listed above? It's just a cover. Because if someone can't prepare the environment, it's their problem not yours.

Having two Matts still sometimes scares me.

I want refunds , i hate the new system cannot download in local for use plugin , and also i have paid for that i can hosting my version and I have receive cloud version.. Horrible for me this experience 450 usd and 3 hours without reply of anyone . No button on website for cancel subscribe .. 
 
THANKS too cancel all my suscribe on website 

You used to have to pay for the IPS chat and, per amount of users, you wanted to allow.
I suppose IPS could figure a way to charge self-hosting clients for bridging into their resources, so that features like this would work. That's not going to drive people into cloud storage though, which I get features like this does. Could the live topics be worked into self-hosting, with the option of using third-party services like Facebook live or Youtube? Most likely. @Michael.J has an excellent recourse for live topics. The UI of this sneak peek could perhaps be similar to that.
Then again, could a third-party app be made to be similar to this? That's a possibility, even if its dumb downed or made to be simpler. Provided developers don't have to jump through hoops, just to please us self-hosting clients.
Regardless though, it's going to be for cloud hosting customers - to which I would echo my comments about keeping both sides of the fence happy.

I'm a still convinced you could find a way to make these features work on a self hosted environment with an interface to your cloud platform and selling it as an additional paid service.
This would actually be a nice way for you to increase revenue from self hosted environment.

Yes, but this is the problem of the client himself and possibly the company where he has hosting, not yours. When deciding on a forum or website, you need to learn some basics yourself. And there's an easy way to do that. Only provide support for software issues. And when it comes to hosting settings etc, each customer using self-hosted on their own.

I will happily discuss concerns and explain the “why” but the continual allegations of being greedy or dishonest are disappointing. 
 
You need more than PHP and MySQL to deliver modern features. It’s the way it is. We continue to move with the times. 

Is there a thread, blog post or announcement on this community which doesn't end up with this same circular argument anymore? 
It's very tedious. 
 

From what I hear from my USA friends, there is no more thing as American Dream. It is nearly impossible to get to the top (getting rich) from the bottom as in past. From what I have been told, USA became a country for already rich people.
 
That means you had a fail on designing the product/service model, as you did not consider this. I believe that amount of work required to make it work now may be huge, therefore costs. I believe that minimum 80% of self-hosted solutions would get such service, as they would be forced to by needs of current market/communities.

I would recommend taking a look at this post from @Charles he's looking for specific feedback about Cloud from those that aren't at the moment interested (and that's also fine, it won't be suitable for everyone).

I am reading and seeing a lot of clients unhappy that features are becoming cloud exclusive.
It's a cool concept and idea. If I was a cloud customer I'd be quite excited about it. Maybe have a think about keeping both sides of the fence happy? I get this would be hard to incorporate in a self-hosted environment. I would accept that, but I bet there's no self-hosted exclusive features. 🤣
IPS still rocks, just need to see some initiatives for the general scope.

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Hi @AlexJ,
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Thanks for your reply!
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Andreas

Hi @NZyan,
Live Topics will be a feature available to clients on our Cloud platform only.

Also only cloud? 

Limitation of redundant js code that loads for non-logged in users and they don't need it.. This would speed up the forum loading process.

Hi. Can you describe what functionality exactly you mean?

Enables a specialized view mode for guests and search engines alike, providing greatly reduced JavaScript files to achieve faster loading and page rendering.

Now it's best to jump to FontAwesome 6.x