Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-22224-20180521161500/@comment-895706-20180522060822

TimmyQuivy wrote: Skin architecture changes are required as part of GDPR ... specifically relating to analytics tracking systems, ad-related cookies, and username/profile display.

Ads. Its ads aren't up-to-date, and updating it would require either removing them or tons of work. And you would rather delete the whole thing than serve it without ads. Even though the only people who can switch it on for their own use are people who were told the ads would go away when they signed up.

For context, Monobook isn't even my preference. I just use it because since Monaco disappeared it's been the only choice left that isn't complete garbage.