You really only think in black and white, huh?

Sad.

My computer isn’t free, nor is my internet connection, nor is my electricity.

When did I call Google searches “free”?

Lemmy is free. I can self host Lemmy on a raspberry pi for exactly 0€.

Dang, where can I get a free Raspberry Pi and internet connection? That sounds awesome!

The instance I use… Is also free. I donate because I choose to, but if my friend can’t afford to donate they can still use the instance. Nobody is profiting from it.

This is exactly my point. It’s like when people call it “free healthcare”.

Do you think Lemmy is free? Your admin is paying, and trusting you to donate to help out.

Preventing corporate entities from presenting falsehoods as facts is not a meaningful infringement on free speech.

If it is, then it’s clear that truly free, totally unrestricted in any way speech isn’t a good idea.

Sounds more like we need to more heavily regulate sources of misinformation, rather than deeming some people too stupid to participate in the system.

I feel like it’s a very Fox News-y suggestion to ban select groups of people from voting.

Radiation ventilation is fun to say

I bet the people that dropped $100 on it in good faith would.

You don’t have to pay for privacy. You still have that right.

What you don’t have is the right to use that particular website without either paying for it, or allowing cookies.

You aren’t a victim of anything here.

The only other option I can see would be ads – but I’m betting you’d just use an ad-blocker.

Because you aren’t compelled to use their site.

I don’t appreciate the sarcasm.

Good. That’s the point.

It’s a shaming tactic that you aren’t supposed to enjoy.

Unless you think Lemmy is somehow functionally different from Reddit, then you can argue with Wikipedia.

Social News aggregator = social media.

Lemmy is absolutely social media.

From each according to their ability. You’re good.

Sounds like opinions are pretty mixed. Maybe we should put it to a vote.

But then how do we decide if that vote should be public or not…

At least he doesn’t charge over $100 for premium. Right?

At this point I wish he’d just open-source the project and move on.

The community could have fixed this issue ages ago.