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minus-squareLux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoSadly, this is the only logical conclusion of things that are run for profit. Here’s hoping the federated model proves more resistant in the long run.
minus-squareProtegee9850@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoDoctorow has it right. Enshittification.
minus-squareShokwav@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDoctorow’s great, first heard about him from the srsly wrong podcast
minus-squareoutbound@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoFunding, even in a not-for-profit sense, will always be an issue. Wikipedia struggles, but kinda makes it work. We’re going to need something creative for the fediverse…
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI donate to them fairly regularly, Wikipedia is fucking great!
minus-squaresoiling@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agothat doesn’t really hold because Wikipedia does not struggle with funding in the sense you’re thinking: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wikipedia-millions-bank-beg/ so, survival doesn’t necessarily have to be at stake
minus-squareamki@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIn the medium run federated instances will have to be financed somehow as well. We’ll see how that goes.
minus-square @tech.lgbtlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago@amki @Luxsidus volunteer donations are more than enough to pay for a fedi instance
minus-squareamki@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDepends on how many volunteers you have who are actually willing to donate
Sadly, this is the only logical conclusion of things that are run for profit. Here’s hoping the federated model proves more resistant in the long run.
Doctorow has it right. Enshittification.
Doctorow’s great, first heard about him from the srsly wrong podcast
Funding, even in a not-for-profit sense, will always be an issue. Wikipedia struggles, but kinda makes it work. We’re going to need something creative for the fediverse…
I donate to them fairly regularly, Wikipedia is fucking great!
that doesn’t really hold because Wikipedia does not struggle with funding in the sense you’re thinking: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wikipedia-millions-bank-beg/
so, survival doesn’t necessarily have to be at stake
In the medium run federated instances will have to be financed somehow as well. We’ll see how that goes.
@amki @Luxsidus
volunteer donations are more than enough to pay for a fedi instance
Depends on how many volunteers you have who are actually willing to donate