I'm not sure about that. What if advertising were used to cover server costs, just like donations right now? Then the community may be fine with it.
But I think it's very dangerous to go down that route. Because it's going to become about higher profits, not just covering costs, in the long run.
What you can do is install wireguard server at home and then set your phone to use that wireguard connection always. That's what I do and then my pihole at home filters all my mobile traffic as well.
You can rent an instance for like 10 dollars per month and grow from there. Then expand if you get users and things get slow. Lemmy runs ok on 4 GB of memory but it's better with 8 GB. Postgres use the most.
It's what we all loved about the internet I think, before the web become... "that" (looking at the pile of shit the web has become).
But actually it's not the web, not really. It's the big tech platforms that most people seem to think is the internet now. It's sad to watch how people log on to "Facebook" and not the general web anymore. And then Google in front of everything, like a big cancer growth.
Lemmy is not the new internet either I believe. But it's here to show people that something else can exist. As soon as we let advertising in here though, it's over.
Oh shit, uneasy feelings for managers... :)
Clearly a national emergency.
I think eventually, some people will be OK with paying 5 dollars per month for a YouTube competitor that is better than the original. Much like Kagi is doing for search engines. It won't be for the majority since they still expect free stuff and no ads, which doesn't work.
This is like asking the burglar to investigate his own crime in a way, isn't it?
I don't know what happened with the virus of course, but trusting what US intelligence agencies are saying, isn't that a bit gullible?
Cats are easily the best looking being on the planet.
I've been there a few times, but will log in more and catch up. :)
In all for trying it. Will enable it tomorrow then. Thanks!
Thank you, it does make sense. We will enable it tomorrow. This thread changed my mind. :)
I need a list of which ones don't allow assholes to enter. :)