Why does Ancestry not play well with others?
Hello friends,
I understand that if you don’t like something, don’t spend money on it. However, this is getting to be an increasingly larger problem in society as a whole. Companies get so large, that it doesn’t matter if you don’t spend money with them, your vote does not matter. They get money from everybody else.
My interest in genealogy was sparked last year when I inherited my grandfather‘s research. He had an ancestry account of which he kept some of his source material. Before I closed, I went ahead and downloaded it, but working with other family members we chose to continue using the ancestry database so that we could reference grandfather’s work.
Last year, I was frustrated with newspapers.com. You would get hints, but not be able to view them because they were blocked behind a pay wall. Further, they just launched fold three, where they have migrated all of their military databases. Now you will need a subscription for that material. It is just frustrating, because they are such a large company and they receive so much in subscription dollars, you’d think that they would offer some of these things because of the fact that it is their service.
The family is looking into potentially sending off somebody’s genetic material for testing. While researching, I discovered that ancestry is the only company that won’t accept genetic data from other companies. They are making it so you have no choice, but to spend money with them, even if their service is antiquated.
I realize it’s pointless, and I am screaming into the void, but goodness gracious can we just get a break as regular people? I guess genealogy is a rich man sport like the rest of them.