Ancestors

Written by Fitik on 2024-08-29 at 23:05

Sub.club aims to fund the fediverse via premium feeds | TechCrunch

Sub.club aims to fund the fediverse via premium feeds |... #monetization #instances

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/sub-club-aims-to-fund-the-fediverse-via-premium-feeds/

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Toot

Written by FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz on 2024-08-29 at 23:33

“I think it’s important, for the ecosystem to thrive, that there be a way to have premium content to build businesses here,” he said. “That’s a fundamental belief.”

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.

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Descendants

Written by Fitik on 2024-08-29 at 23:45

@FrostyTrichs Yep, TechCrunch even addressed it in the article

Developed over the past few months, sub.club shares engineering and design resources with Mammoth, the Mastodon app backed by Mozilla, Long Journey Ventures and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff. Though some fediverse supporters don’t like the idea of VCs and for-profit businesses entering their space, Mammoth’s co-founder Bart Decrem thinks bringing money into the fediverse could help it to thrive.

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Written by FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz on 2024-08-29 at 23:53

I saw, I was just venting frustration at that specific viewpoint.

It’s annoying that the same tired tactics are being applied to every corner of the internet.

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Written by Fitik on 2024-08-30 at 00:02

@FrostyTrichs Eh, personally, I think that as long nobody forces anyone to use something it's fine, more variety is always good for the federated network

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Written by saltesc@lemmy.world on 2024-08-30 at 01:53

You haven’t been on the internet long enough. This is how it starts…for like, the billionth time

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Written by Chozo on 2024-08-30 at 03:39

I mean, how else do you expect things to work? Internet platforms aren't free to operate. Isn't paying creators directly supposed to be the ideal solution, instead of infesting pages with ads?

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Written by Handles on 2024-08-30 at 07:00

You’re already free to support developers and instance owners financially if they’ve set up either Patreon, OpenCollective or LiberaPay 🤷 That’s money going where it’s needed.

If I understand SubClub correctly, it’s monetisation on a user level, which in the past has only really given us influencers. I rather enjoy not having that kind of bullshit on the fediverse.

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Written by Chozo on 2024-08-30 at 07:14

I'm not sure what the difference between SubClub or Patreon is supposed to be. Other than SubClub takes a smaller cut.

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Written by astro_ray on 2024-08-30 at 09:34

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw this. The difference in that they market it as a fediverse extension.

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Written by Kayn on 2024-08-30 at 14:56

You’re already free to support developers and instance owners financially if they’ve set up either Patreon, OpenCollective or LiberaPay 🤷

Problem is, not enough people are doing it. Case in point: join-lemmy.org/donate

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Written by Kayn on 2024-08-30 at 06:08

So how is your home instance financially sustaining itself? Surely you’re helping it, right?

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Written by astro_ray on 2024-08-30 at 09:43

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.

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Written by FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz on 2024-08-30 at 11:03

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.

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Written by Skull giver on 2024-08-30 at 13:18

But Lemmy can’t even interact with timeliness like these. It’s not relevant to this news at all?

This is just Patreon but over ActivityPub.

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Written by Kayn on 2024-08-30 at 13:57

How do you expect your instance to cover its costs, then?

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Written by FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz on 2024-08-30 at 14:10

The same way they are covered now.

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Written by Kayn on 2024-08-30 at 14:35

Turns out you’re actually the owner of your home instance. I didn’t know that when I made my previous comments.

I’m guessing you’re currently paying for your instance’s upkeep out of pocket? I can’t spot any donation links on your instance. This might work for you personally, but do you really expect other, larger instances to do the same? Even donations are only rarely sustainable.

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