• wahming@monyet.cc
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    7 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
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      7 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
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        7 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
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          7 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
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            7 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.

            • huginn@feddit.it
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              3
              ·
              7 months ago

              I’m not running an instance I’m talking about generalities not specifics.

      • Fluentem@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        7 months ago

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

        • huginn@feddit.it
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          7 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.