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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoI’m afraid it won’t last long without it. That’s the key problem. People hate ads, as do I, but what’s the alternative?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 months agoPay executives less. Focus on grants and PBS-style ‘underwriting’. Subscription services like email and VPN. Getting into advertising is just jumping into an intractable conflict of interest.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-23 months agoIdeas: donations - these need to actually go toward Firefox development, they don’t, so I don’t donate paid services (e.g. their white-labeled VPN, they could also white-label Tuta or Proton services) and add-on that pays sites to not see ads (my preference) funding of privacy-oriented startups - they have something like this, so do more of it
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoPeople need money mate. Not everyone can afford to run a website.
I’m afraid it won’t last long without it. That’s the key problem.
People hate ads, as do I, but what’s the alternative?
Pay executives less. Focus on grants and PBS-style ‘underwriting’. Subscription services like email and VPN.
Getting into advertising is just jumping into an intractable conflict of interest.
Ideas:
No ads?
People need money mate. Not everyone can afford to run a website.