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What's a service you’ve been using forever that hasn’t enshitified? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Davy_Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We all know the struggle of beloved services slowly going downhill. What’s one service, tool, or website you’ve been using for years that’s still great and hasn’t turned to crap?

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They are one of the highest achievements of humanity, imho, that even make me feel proud to be a human.

It's hard not to try to support them.
The "spam" is for them to operate, not maximise their profits.

[–] QuizzaciousOtter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not that simple and transparent actually. Wikipedia doesn't really need those donations to operate. They have money reserves for many years of expenses. I don't have a great source right now but this article looks decent. I didn't read the whole thing though.

[–] PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gotcha, it's another anti-European (and anti-USA), anti-male, quasi-Marxist organization. This is what your donations to Wikipedia are going to. Wikipedia spends more money on left-wing causes than actually running an encyclopedia, and by a very long-shot.

Well shit, I guess I'll start donating

[–] QuizzaciousOtter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see nothing wrong with that.

I just think it's fair to say the way they ask for donations is at least a little bit disingenuous.

[–] PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

yeah agreed