Nextcloud version (eg, 12.0.2): 14 RC2 Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 17.04): Ubuntu 17.10 Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache 2.4.33 PHP version (eg, 7.1): 7.1 The issue you are facing: Nextcloud file share has “Get a free account…” message and link below my privacy p…

To switch the “Get a free account…” message on or off see: [image] Signature- Advertising for Nextcloud ℹ️ Support I think, it’s there, because nextcloud GmbH wants to advertise it. But You can switch it off in your config.php. Just insert 'simpleSignUpLink.shown' => fa…

Afaik this is new in 14. It may form part of the Simple Sign Up initiative. But Nextcloud employees will be able to verify.

It’s tremendously rude and a ridiculous marketing trick. Really makes me sick and tired, I thought I left ownCloud for these kind of strange programming actions. Horrible. And an option in config.php is just discouragement policy. It should’ve been an option on the admin page. Or better yet, it shou…

What they were thinking is to give first time users the opportunity to get a hosted nextcloud account for very cheap, with a single sign up process. I understand from an admin perspective you would have liked the choice, and maybe log an issue on github regarding this, so that it can be handled in …

[image] Starfish: Dropbox, oneDrive and the big G has been doing it for years. If you want your product to grow, this is how it is done. You mean ‘this is how it is done the Dropbox, oneDrive and the big G way’. I still think it’s rude, because it is THEIR advertising on MY web server. I don’…

I think you misunderstood me. Yes, as an admin of your instance I can ckearly see how you can feel it is rude of them. However, the service is not meant for people to create their own NC instances. What it is, is if you download the mobile client, and you launch it the first time, that is an option…

[image] Starfish: So claiming you did not know of this service at all is a bit strange to me, but that is my opinion. Not everybody does this for the living you know. I’m just a geeky server admin for our research group. Nothing more. In terms of service integrity and do’s and dont’s I didn’t…

Update: the option is NOT on https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/14/admin_manual/configuration_server/config_sample_php_parameters.html So give me a break.

I’ve just been (“rudely”) suprised by this same issue. It’s understandable to want to advertise for Nextcloud, but it’s a distraction from the actual action one wishes to use the software for, i.e., share a file, and have the recipient download your file with minimal hassle. We use open source soft…

you can remove it You can edit the config.conf file, usually located in your Nextcloud directory at config/config.php Look for this line below, and change it to false: simpleSignUpLink.shown' => false,

I’m gonna close that one here since it was solved and nothing new can be added except for rants.

How long have Nextcloud file shares had "Get a free account..."

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MiDoe October 9, 2018, 8:40am 3

To switch the “Get a free account…” message on or off see:

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