Yeah having no ads or a business model based on advertising is one of the greatest features of Mastodon, Lemmy etc. basically all free software has this advantage.

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I should clarify, I don’t mind seeing ads on youtube compared to twitter.

But in general I prefer not to have ads and instead be entirely community funded/donations.

The problem is, a lot of people don’t have money to spare especially these days.

And, to be fair, this advertising model on youtube gave rise to new media which overall has been a good thing and an answer to cable news propaganda.

Bitcoin while there were still room in the blocks did solve that problem. Most people just didn’t and still don’t understand that. Just think of it as some kind of investment scheme or something used by criminals.