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Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media (gizmodo.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.