• @wahming
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    12 months ago

    Yeah, lemmy is insanely illogical on this topic. Services cost money to run, and the average user is not going to self host anytime in the foreseeable future. I have yet to hear anybody offer a vision of how things might reasonably work without ads OR subscriptions.

    • @huginn@feddit.it
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      -12 months ago

      The argument as far as I can tell is “FOSS means I don’t have to pay anything because it doesn’t cost anything! If they ask for donations they don’t mean me”

      Not a single one of them have a monthly contribution to their instance though. Guaran-fucking-tee it.

      • @Nath@aussie.zone
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        72 months ago

        For our instance, the users have in fact donated and keep us running. I’m not sure why you’d think users are unwilling to donate.

        • @huginn@feddit.it
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          -12 months ago

          Because I’ve regularly got in arguments with people who refuse to donate.

          The ratio of leachers to seeders in torrents is a similar issue - and seeding is practically free.

          Asking $12/yr for software seems like pulling teeth to some.

          • @Nath@aussie.zone
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            62 months ago

            Asking $12/yr for software seems like pulling teeth to some.

            That may be your problem. We don’t ask for anything specific. We simply make a post with how much the service costs and how much users have donated. Users are smart and can take things from there.

      • @Fluentem@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Between this and the sheer amount of pro piracy, i’m honestly convinced people on Lemmy are cheap fucks.

        • @huginn@feddit.it
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          52 months ago

          I can understand not having anything and not wanting to pay. I get it.

          But don’t act like it’s free just because you can’t afford it.