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.
  • ram@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
    51·
    9 months ago

    You can set up a Lemmy instance with just a docker file lmao it’s not exactly a large scale operation to upkeep.
    If somehow every Lemmy instance went paid only, I’d host my own instance and invite my friends to use it too.

    • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      This is basically just paying with your time/hardware/electricity rather than money.

      • ram@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Okay? And currently people pay with donations. The suggestion from SkyNTP was, in the most condescending what, what would you do if it became a paid-subscription. Paying with your time or on donation are acceptable. Paying as a part of a subscription is not for me, and I imagine many in the FOSS-oriented fediverse.