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Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Being a free service with no advertising, I’m guessing the only reason they have money is because people donate.
But “somehow” your description skips the part about where the money comes from?
aggressively begging for donations again.
Aggressively? Showing a banner for about a week once a year!! That’s aggressive.
How the fuck can anyone be so butthurt about a free service? I’m definitely NOT clicking your link to support something so stupid on YouTube.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 6 days ago
Sure Don't click the link, but do some research.
Tl:dr one year worth of donations is enough to keep them running for over 100 years.
The hundreds of millions in donations aren't going towards the site, it's just enriching the owners
Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Bullshit!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation
Revenue $185.4 million (2024)
Expenses $178.6 million (2024)
Employees 363 (2024)
Volunteers 277,000 (2024)
How did you ever convince yourself that the 10th most visited website, that doesn’t have any revenue other than donations is rolling in dough? Apart from smoothly running servers, they need lawyers, both to ensure they stay within local laws in more than a 100 countries, but also to stave off idiotic lawsuits. Just the recent changes to UK law has been a major legal headache.