Because everything about Brave is fucking nonsense and doing business with them in any way is deranged.
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ghostface@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Why haven’t publication embraced crypto donations like BAT?
I feel much better about sending tokens ive earned by selling my attention, and then sending those earnings to publications which garner my attention.
Is media just too old to adapt?
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 5 days ago
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Snapz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Why won’t you do my obvious scam? are you an old?
spongebue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Why would it have to be a crypto donation? Their bank accounts are in USD. Most of their readers have USD. People can transfer USD. What does some arbitrary crypto thing you want to pretend is money add that makes it better for those “most people”?
anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yes all over the world people can send USD but the banks take a big cut.
spongebue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
If by “a big cut” you mean maybe a few percent, and that most businesses take electronic payments anyway because there are advantages (people are more likely to buy stuff when convenient, accounting is easier, less risk of theft/loss than physical cash, etc) then sure, I guess.
If you think the solution is to make up a new kind of imaginary money that takes a shitton of energy to maintain, which has tons of different types (Bitcoin, Ethereum, whatever one was referenced in the initial comment) and would happen to greatly benefit those who happened to be early adopters (TOTAL coincidence, I’m sure)… No.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Using crypto helps diversify wealth away from the banks and individuals that own the overwhelming majority of dollars, euros, etc.
Who do you want to benefit?
wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Okay but like, you also realize gas fees for transactions can get stupid expensive right? Banks don’t have variable rates.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
The problem is that Time and every other news outlet think they are the cats pajamas and deserve your subscription. They suffer a similar problem to streaming platforms except news is not exclusive.
If these companies could organize and build a “pay once, get access to everything everywhere” model, they would see subscriptions go through the roof and get more money. But since the owners of these news outlets want only their own subscribers to go up, it’s never going to happen.
I’m not going to pay for 5-10 news subscriptions no matter how great the reporting is.
But I’d be willing to pay $20 or so a month if that meant I can access any article on any news website.
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
> pay once, get access to everything everywhere > thinks about Elsevier
OH GOD PLEASE NO
treadful@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
BAT is trash but I’d love to see more quick crypto donation options.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 days ago
Problem is the first thing I think of anytime I see a new crypto is that it’s probably some sort of scam and completely blow it off.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
That’s not a problem. That’s the correct reaction.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 days ago
I mean it is a problem in the sense that any legitimate crypto is immediately written off.
ghostface@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’m not trying to to die on the sword of bat, but for end users being able to just easily transfer or donate without having to know crypto…
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Convenience and security is a balance.
Everything that is convenient is not secure.
Everything that is secure is not convenient.
Crypto that is “easy” screams “these people will lose all their money because it isn’t secure.”
WamGams@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
But my credit union is both more convenient and more secure than crypto.
Peffse@lemmy.world 6 days ago
maybe it is tax reasons? I know that for personal taxes you have to simply declare crypto earnings but business tax laws don’t really like grey areas.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 5 days ago
The tax man doesn't care if your business takes cash, card, or crypto. Income is income, whether you're a business or a regular joe.
Peffse@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I don’t think it’s that simple for a business. Crypto is simultaneously an asset and an income once it is sold, but also not a traditionally defined accounting asset. Combine that with how slow the government has been to properly define crypto, I bet most businesses would rather just not have to deal with it. Last thing they’d want is the IRS coming after them for doing it wrong.
stonerboner@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
Probably because the overwhelming majority of people see crypto as a scam, and the market share for its use is trivial and better facilitated by actual currency. As well, it’s extremely volatile and recently halted itself. It’s probably one of the worst things a company can accept in exchange for goods or services.
ghostface@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The old perception is reality, while your not wrong, still means decent institutions are losing out on funding options.
Credit cards were seen as a scam at one point because scary digital currency. Same with torrent protocol. To be honest I’m suprised lemmy doesn’t accept it for server donations.
So its either stay with the current model which is visibly dying or find another way
stonerboner@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
I mean, I don’t think accepting crypto would make or break any organization beyond a niche mom and pop operation. If they would die without accepting crypto, they are likely not going to be saved by it. I doubt there are many people, especially in the USA, who would or could only donate via that option.
In my personal opinion, crypto IS a scam and every organization would be best served dealing in real currency.
null@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
iTs A sCaM
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ah yes, the dying media will be saved by the currency that doesn’t have widespread support.
This is linux style thinking. The whole “I see the advantage of this way, and maybe it even is a more efficient way of doing things, but without widespread support I’ll continue to be baffled by why others don’t see the world the way I do”.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Do you know what halving means? It’s not a stock split and it’s not a value halving.
stonerboner@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
Ah, so the people creating essentially get paid half for the same amount of work. That’s WAY better lol. Yeah, I’m not super into knowing so much about faux currency. I tend to deal with the real kind. So please pardon my mistake 🙏
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Here’s some more 101 info: Computers do the work, not people.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 days ago
LoL, no with stock splitting you get the same value only with more stocks that can go up in value eventually. This is worse cause the same amount of work(arguably more considering how many server farms are out there mining the same coin now as opposed to back when it started) for half the value. So, in a very real sense it does actually halve the value. And that’s not even looking at the fact that crypto currency has no inherited value. It’s not backed by anything but the investment of interest by crypto bros and shady groups looking to hide transactions and assets.
null@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Why mention something you don’t understand at all?
stonerboner@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
What, you mean I read a headline and repeated it in the wrong context? Damnit. I totally should have wasted 20 minutes reading further about a faux currency that I can’t even buy groceries with
null@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Nah, way better to just spout off misinformation about things you won’t even take 20 mins to educate yourself about.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Complete ignorance is pretty standard among anti-crypto extremists.