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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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[โ€“] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No, this is rewarding the implementation of ads and can't be thought of as donating anymore. You are paying to remove ads thus giving them money for having added ads to the site.

[โ€“] Vlaxtocia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if the ads are optional, they're turned off by default, but if you can't afford to donate but still want to support you can turn them on for yourself?

[โ€“] u202307011927@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you do that? I'm asking genuinely

Tbh yeah, as long as the ads weren't malicious or intrusive I'd happily have ads if it supported the instance

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