🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

    • snooggumsEnglish
      4•1 day ago

      They have a budget spent on advertising on wikipedia itself, plus the cost of the emails they send out asking for donations.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 hour ago

        Does it even count if you’re advertising on your own platform? If I’m able to see the “ads” in the first place, I’m already using it.

        I also wouldn’t exactly call a donation drive “advertising” either. They’re not trying to onboard more users to the service, they’re nagging people who already use the service to give them money. Which is itself leaning a bit on the wall of what is and isn’t “free”.

        • snooggumsEnglish
          1•1 hour ago

          Does it even count if you’re advertising on your own platform?

          YES