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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'll start:

  • Some significant portion of funds go towards development of the Lemmy software. 80%? Rest goes to lemmy instance hosting.
  • Ads are reasonable and non-intrusive (no popups etc)
  • People can still browse w/ an adblocker

I personally would gladly turn off my adblocker if I knew the ads were supporting development. Hell, I might even click a few!

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[-] rastilin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I already donate to my Mastodon instance, if my instance needs or wants money for any reason, they should set up a donation button and I'll subscribe. Which will give them a lot more money than they would ever make from showing me ads. We should normalize removing all ads from the internet, forever.

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Unless you are singlehandedly funding an instance, especially a sizable one, whether they make more from you in particular isn't relevant so much as per average user

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