snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentsmessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentssnek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoA library is paid though. Donate to your instance, and decentralize the Fediverse.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWhere i come from you can go there and read for free, but if you want to borrow stuff you need to have a card which is paid my an abo. And they will also get money by the city likely
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThat’s sucks. In my country I’m pretty sure library cards are always free. The card has to be collected in person though.
minus-squareitsmect@monero.townlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s not even expensive. A single euro monthly per user is more then enough to keep instances running
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThe problem is that micro-payments are a pain in the ass. On Liberapay I often pay people 2 years in advance which is then pretty much
minus-squareitsmect@monero.townlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI’m not suggesting to pay one euro each month, I’m suggesting that you treat your lemmy instance as a 12 euro per year subscription. Compared to literally every other service it is basically free.
A library is paid though.
Donate to your instance, and decentralize the Fediverse.
Do you mean by taxes?
Where i come from you can go there and read for free, but if you want to borrow stuff you need to have a card which is paid my an abo.
And they will also get money by the city likely
That’s sucks.
In my country I’m pretty sure library cards are always free. The card has to be collected in person though.
It’s not even expensive. A single euro monthly per user is more then enough to keep instances running
The problem is that micro-payments are a pain in the ass. On Liberapay I often pay people 2 years in advance which is then pretty much
I’m not suggesting to pay one euro each month, I’m suggesting that you treat your lemmy instance as a 12 euro per year subscription. Compared to literally every other service it is basically free.