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 “if 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?
Instances should simply add ads.
With everyone here running an ad blocker, not sure how beneficial that would be
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.
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?
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.
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.
I’m against.