Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media
Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media
The saying goes if you’re not the customer, you’re the product. Now, you’re both. Every big social media app is testing subscriptions. It's a business model that comes with a perverse incentive. Just like airlines, if you make life worse, more people will pay.
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*looks around at Lemmy*
I love y'all.
... but also pay to support your instance. Don't be a leech.
Yo can you spot me for a few months?
Or self-host
Yes but Mr lemmy.world isn't a self hoster
Out of curiosity, what's your definition of self hoster? I self host on Raspberry Pi and an Odroid H3+, but also have a couple VPS where I "self host" other things like my Lemmy instance I am commenting from. I'm not saying you're wrong, I just wonder about the reasoning behind your statement. My thinking about what is and is not "self hosted" might be way off base.
You're self hosting: no qualms with that.
The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They're the same types who torrent without seeding.
It's usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you're either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others.
Self hosters arent leeching: they're participating in the decentralization.
With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you're using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as.
Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn't be mooches. Cheers!
No. And don't fucking tell me what to do with my money. If I want to donate, I will, but fuck your attitude trying to make me look like a bad guy if I don't. I will determine what has value enough for my support.
Pretentious fuck.
Ok leech whatever you say
Am I actually supposed to feel bad? Fucking hilarious.
You are a very bad person if you don't donate. But since u cried we'll let it slide this time.
I'm not just bad, I'm evil for not giving my money to something someone told me to give my money to. I also don't donate money at the register and I don't do volunteer work. Fucking hang me!