• @farlet2
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      11 year ago

      Actually haven’t. Do you know what he meant by that?

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          I believe in paying for the things I use - unless there’s no practical way for me to pay. See below - because if I don’t pay, whoever supplies the service I use is either an idealist and I’m a freeloader, or they’re milking my private data for money.

          That’s why the Fediverse instances I use are hosted on SDF and I pay SDF for the privilege.

          There are also cases where I would like to pay for the service but I can’t. For instance, Youtube: I would gladly pay for Youtube. I literally consume hundreds of gigabytes worth of video every month. $10 for that is very cheap.

          But I can’t because paying Youtube means having a Youtube account, and there’s no way in hell I’m opening any account with Google and help them track me and monetize the shit out of my viewing habits even more than they do. So I don’t.

          I wish I could, but Google is so invasive that it’s a better option to freeload off of them than pay them the money they legitimately deserve.

        • @farlet2
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          21 year ago

          Makes sense. Thanks for explaining!