User blog comment:Ciencia Al Poder/Portable Infoboxes, the first step into Wikia taking control over our content/@comment-86.161.112.209-20170505161340/@comment-31274780-20170511160119

I just feel Wikia is a bad service because it does not allow customisability, it does not allow the wiki to choose its skin (monobook, oasis, vector, refreshed, monaco), even with the wiki modernisation there will still be loads of ads (and for wikis which don't have video content or outsorce it to YouTube, the ads will be the same). I also found it frustrating that big films and TV shows were always being shoved in your face (and sometimes took over the background of the wiki your viewing). I prefer each wiki to have as much individuality as possible, however in the five years I have known Wikia they have taken away more and more of that individuality.

And yes, I know Wikia is a for-profit company. However just because it is a company doesn't mean it has to be anti-competitive (by refusing to shut the site down). Wikia should show courtesy because wikis should want to stay as I said earlier because the service is good, not because they can't leave.

I pay about £80/year or $100 for hosting and domain. Not as expensive as you might think - pretty sure Spotify and Netflix cost more than that