wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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    Don’t come at me with a toxic Reddit attitude. The issue is not about paying for a service. For example, people are willing to donate to the fediverse to keep servers running. The problem is that the current state of the internet is dominated by paywalls, tracking and ads. Even if I paid for YouTube they’d still track me, feed me garbage from an algorithm and try to sell things to me (relentlessly).

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      YouTube wants to double dip by collecting and selling your data, and forcing you to either get served ads or pay them $15/month. They want to have their cake and eat it too.

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      Lemmy can rely on donations now, but I don’t see that being a long term solution for Lemmy. I won’t be surprised if instances go bankrupt in the future.

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      Most people perfere ads over paying.

      And the algorithm is very useful to discover new content, most of the people I follow is thanks to the algorithm.

      And that is hypocrite comment. Let’s block all ads and now you have to donate every site you visit… No one like ads but that’s how things work.

      I disagree with reddit approach, but is like some devs were making no money, if millions a years is making no money.