I guess it’s just normalized.
I guess it’s just normalized.
That’s a lot of money they have stolen there.
Why would it be illegal, or unethical? I don’t really see any reason.
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This looks more like classic spambots than AI.
The thought was that it’d be closer to that, than the 12 times larger suggestion.
And yeah, I was definitely only taking hosting costs into account, because every instance is maintained by volunteers. I was also only thinking about large instances that benefit from economies scale and smarter management.
I took a quick glance at that thread, will have a more thorough pass later.
with more than $1-2 per year. ;)
More than my own share for sure, regardless of the result of the other argument.
why don’t you wish that everyone did the same?
I do. But a paywall adds a considerable barrier to entry.
Well, at this point I would like to point out that I religiously avoid paying anything to hostile services, and that I do support the small independent instance I’m on.
Well, I guess it’s priorities. Destroying Big Tech would be pretty nice, but I’m really just here for the community.
Per user? There are instances running on like $10/mo virtual servers with maybe the same amount spent on storage.
I actually kind of enjoy the “scrappy diy effort niche” thing.
I think a dollar or two per year would suffice if all users paid it.
Guess I should give it a proper look, then.
It is actually useful?
In my experience it just looked like SEO farm that polluted my search results with irrelvant machine-generated content.
Spambot
If I hqve to watch a black screen, so be it. Better a moment of peace than an ad.
Some users joked that they would rather see a black screen than an ad.
This wasn’t a joke.
I’m guessing these are all just very recent.
No. But it’s also not like I get 20 constantly, it was just the worst I’ve seen. Usually it’s 2 to 5, I think.
I assume they’re just collecting data on how many are users willing to do.
They knew I was committing crimes with my adblocker.
That should be easy on windows, but user permissions might also be enough for whatever it does.