Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community's Mastodon server, for instance.

Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community’s Mastodon server, for instance.

  • FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyzEnglish
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    21 days ago

    “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.

    • Fitik@fedia.ioOP
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      21 days ago

      @[email protected] 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.

      • FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyzEnglish
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        21 days ago

        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.

        • Chozo@fedia.io
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          21 days ago

          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?

          • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
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            21 days ago

            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.

            • Chozo@fedia.io
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              21 days ago

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