Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

• _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  per Kurzgesagt,

  For Kurzgesagt sponsorships are an important part of our yearly budget, representing about 20% of our income last year.

  the 0.05% figure is wrong, according to the people making the money themselves.

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Have you considered that there are other sponsorships than Gates Foundation?

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    • _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      yes, there is also some other sponsorships, including some from other bill gates owned groups/corporations. I don’t think support from billionaires is necessarily good as long as it’s diverse.

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• Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hint: the investment of $11 billion refers to investment of Gates Foundation in fossil fuels.

  Well, considering the exact words were used:

  That foundation owns over $11 billion in investments in the fossil fuel industry, including coal-burning utility companies.

  What can I say but duh. If I misunderstood anything, it was the comment I replied to, which was unclear about the “0.05% down from 6%” detail, and seemed to be associating that with the $11 billion figure by context.

  But hey, nice deflection, and super cool of you to be that rude about it, too.

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