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Why do instances not run ads? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by arisoda@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
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It probably goes against the philosophy or whatever of FOSS or Lemmy itself, but why not be a little evil so that you can actually sustain yourself? Donations can bring us far, but small non-intrusive ads can be a bliss in the skies for the people actually hosting the instance. Especially if there are millions of users uploading thousands of images and videos. This is extremely expensive.

Is running ads really that taboo?

EDIT: some people seem not to get the point of "millions of users", which presumably includes non-techies that do not use adblockers. I mean that without ads (or mining?), no instance would be able to scale to the point where it can compete with Reddit for example. If you were to want that.

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[โ€“] irkli@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

On internet advertising I am an absolutist: ONE ad and I'm out of here forever. Done and done.

Possibly OP doesn't understand the implications of internet ads. The two way nature of the internet will be impossible to resist "just a little feedback" and were back with trackers etc.

Ads on print magazines, thoigh they often got thick, are tolerable. They're obvious (or can be mandated to be so). The feedback is from sales or contact; net ads attempt to be "attention based" and are inherently tracking.

JPEG ads would seem ok, in theory, but even there, they track -- the image fetch back to the host tracks your browser id and here we are back to tracking.

No ads.

I Psy 5 bucks/mo to this and a mastodon instance I use. I'm glad to pay for NO ADS.

The cliche "of you're not paying you're the product" is too simple. But it's not entirely wrong.

SUPPORT YOUR HOSTS WITH CASH MONEY!