Possibly a controversial opinion but I think we should have ads on Lemmy
Possibly a controversial opinion but I think we should have ads on Lemmy
Server costs for large instances are a thing, and I think it's a good idea to have an incentive for people to keep hosting them
Can leave it up to each instance how they want to monetise. A lot of instances have donations setup already, could get a "premium" account to help the upkeep of the instance you're on and get rid of the ads
Also if people really hate them adblock exists
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Terrible idea. If someone likes your instance so much, they'd probably be happy to pitch in and donate.
Want money for hosting, but you're not receiving enough donations? Just get a job! It's not like you only stay at home to watch your Lemmy.
Ads will never, EVER become a built-in feature of the Lemmy software. Try implementing it yourself, even though Rust is not an easy programming language to master.
I probably won't, am learning rust because it seems like a cool language but don't get me wrong I don't like ads, nobody does. Just generally people doing stuff like this out of the goodness of their hearts seems too good to last