So, since the hold up seems be nothing to do with technical obstacles, it presumably has everything to do with...? Extremely lucrative Google AdChoice revenues? Apathy? Laziness? What?

Count me among those who would love to have a premium subscription-based membership option. I surf exclusively on an iPad and since the FT app is utter garbage, to the point of being virtually useless, my participation is solely via the website. However, no matter which browser I use (Safari, Chrome, Mercury, Atomic), with or without an ad blocker enabled, the FlyerTalk website functions poorly under even the most optimal conditions. And the fuctionality issues are all related to ad serving.

Has IB even tried to calculate how much revenue it is losing to blockers? I don't know what fraction of that lost revenue could be captured through a paid subscription program, but I doubt I'm the only one who'd prefer to pay than rely on an ad blocker. I'm sure I've seen others say they value FT's content enough to want to help support the product financially. But, at the end of the day, I do what I'm forced to do in order to avoid having my device resources bogged down by ads.

Should this issue/request/suggestion/complaint be formally put to TalkBoard for official discussion?

If so, what's the process?