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• EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Of course I didn’t respond to it. Because it has nothing to do with my point. Im not going to go out there and do extensive business research just to satisfy your weird demand.

  It’s something I’d like to see someone take on. It’s something I’d wager other people would like to see take on. The economic viability I leave to anyone that wants to take it on.

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  • rglullis@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not going to go out there and do extensive business research

    I didn’t ask you to do any research. You said “I’d legitimately would pay for it.” and I asked one simple question: how much?.

    The economic viability I leave to anyone that wants to take it on.

    This attitude right here is why the Fediverse is never going to become a viable alternative.

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    • EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I want a kebab shop down the street. You gonna demand I tell you how much I’d pay for a kebab and then wildly insult the community for not doing it themselves?

      without any reward

      It is called a business. Someone sees a potential opportunity (through, i dunno. People talking about how much they’d like it), does the research, determines if it’s a viable investment on their part, and either starts it up or doesn’t.

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      • rglullis@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I want a kebab shop down the street. You gonna demand I tell you how much I’d pay for a kebab

        No, I will look at kebab shop in your area and see how much they are charging, and I will check if their operation is actually profitable (instead of being a front for someone who needs to launder money) and I will see if they have enough customers paying the asking price.

        There is no such thing for “hosting providers that have been audited and can certify that the data is secured and properly managed”. And given you are the first person saying “I’d pay for that”, why do you think is somehow offensive to be asked “How much?”

        Someone sees a potential opportunity (…) does the research,

        Yeah, part of the research is exactly going to potential customers and asking how much are you willing to pay for this?.

        Seriously, I do not get what is so weird about asking it.

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