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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

by being owned by google? treating users with respect and running graceful and non-invasive ads? (maybe still image banner ads only? ratchet up the tension on the advertiser ghouls, not the end users?) having something akin to a patreon? simply eating the cost because it's a public service? (not to mention the public service of draining the bank accounts of VC/investor/silicon valley vampires)