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Repost of a previous thread on !ask@lemm.ee: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/33116369?scrollToComments=true

Just came out of a discussion when someone was arguing that β€œif everyone here would pay $10-20 per year, the whole platform would be completely different”, but that seemed quite unrealistic to me.

What do you think?

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This would make me leave the fediverse because then survailance capitalism takes it over. We have that already with reddit, Instagram and threads, if someone likes ads so much they can go there.

[–] End0fLine@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m not advocating for this, and I would rather just donate, but how would you feel about ads that are in no way targeted? Or maybe ads that target the sub you view them in and not per user?

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 points 2 months ago

If I'm really really honest, If I can't pay for not seeing ads or can't block them then I am just not using that service. I know I'm extreme but I just can't for the love of god stand advertisement. I've unsubscribed of so many podcasts because I figured out they would have ads and no way of getting rid of them for example.

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

That seems extreme. There will always be another instance out there without ads, and ads can always be blocked, and not all ads employ tracking and privacy invasive measures.