I guarantee you there's enough overlap. If I look at a League of Legends, lemmy community. You don't think most of those people have spent hundreds of dollars on skins?
Yet I've still seen many people clamoring that we won't have jobs in a few years. People SEVERELY overestimate the ability of all things AI. From self driving, to taking jobs, this stuff is not going to take over the world anytime soon
Which he is doing with the subscription model. Put your money where your mouth is in that case. Have you supported Lemmy or the 3rd party apps in any way?
I disagree. I think there's a lot of people living in a fantasy. Things cost money. You can't rely on good will to pay for developers, engineers, and hardware.
Maybe ads aren't the way to go but you're not being realistic if you want this place to grow without some kind of funding.
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