Submitted 2 months ago by Fitik@fedia.io to fediverse@lemmy.world
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/sub-club-aims-to-fund-the-fediverse-via-premium-feeds/
Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community's Mastodon server, for instance.
Who the hell ever looked at the internet and figured, “The fediverse is really interesting, but it needs more annoying influencers who can be bought by corporations to peddle their wares”?
No thanks, please pack this up where it will not be found again.
You know what this world needs? More subscriptions! - These assholes.
Any bets this will only work with Mastodon because it was built and designed only against Mastodon?
I wouldn’t even be surprised if other Fediverse server apps could simply circumvent sub.club if sub.club assumes that everything else out there works like Mastodon, too.
Just what the fediverse needs, micro-transactions!.
I think I could get behind an instance subscription, granted it wasn’t an obscene amount. I wonder what the upkeep on mastodon.social could be.
Most instances, including yours (and mine), ask for donations. Maybe start there?
If you gave them even $1 a month it would probably cover the hosting costs, though not anybody’s time.
That’s a great point. Here’s the Mastodon donation link in case anyone was interested!
FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 2 months ago
Hard pass.
There isn’t a need, that’s some bullshit. Maybe some want to monetize their platform, but certainly not all. Fuck this push for finding another way to charge people for shit at every turn being masked as creator support.
I hate it.
HKayn@dormi.zone 2 months ago
So how is your home instance financially sustaining itself? Surely you’re helping it, right?
astro_ray@piefed.social 2 months ago
sub.club is not aimed at servers but monetization of content from individual users. Opposing this doesn't mean someone oppose supporting their home instance monetarily.
FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 2 months ago
Idk if this is some misguided insult or a legit question.
There is zero need for monetization and corporate bullshit to infiltrate Lemmy. People see an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a newer social media and are quick to stink it up with the same old shit. Fuck that, I’m sick of it.
Lemmy does not have to be a carbon copy of the worst parts of the internet to survive. It is not a requirement to be a reddit clone or a cash generator or be profitable to be usable.