DU Community Help

DU literally allows you to pick the price of a Star Membership. Ten bucks, $20, $5 or $1000, it's your pocketbook.
After I write this message, I'm going to purchase one for myself for a price I will choose, and I'll move on without those ads. They really are annoying, especially on a smart phone. Businesses have been using the "remove annoyance" value exchange for longer than the Internet has existed. Examples include cable television, NPR and mimes.
DU accomplishes it with a certain elegance and grace that allows the buyer to feel good about their purchase with little chance of buyer's regret, because, face it, we all want DU to keep going.
I'm a rural public librarian, We use a "pay what it's worth to you or what you can afford" system for our monthly used book sale. Sometimes we sell 10 books and make $5. Sometimes we sell two books and make $100. It keeps the public library going. DU's shopping cart reminds me of that.