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So what product are we on Lemmy exactly?
Believe it or not, people can do things for free without being driven by capitalism.
And all our data is freely accessible for AI training as well
But we're not sold as a product by the instances hosts.
The point is people can offer things without ulterior motives.
The service is being paid for - lemmy.world has details on how people can donate in the sidebar, as do many other instances. The relatively modest costs and the non-profit nature of the service mean that it doesn't require every single user to pay but someone is paying for this service (on smaller instances it may just be the Admin).
We give out time for free but there are costs involved. The Fediverse would be in a stringer position if those using and enjoying the service, and who can afford it, chipped in a little. It need only be £1/$1/€1 a month but that adds up.
Imagine believing that nobody is selling your data on here.
It's amazing to me people believe this place has any privacy whatsoever.
No.
I believe the hosts aren’t running this place to sell our data. A 3rd party might be scrapping the data, but that is irrelevant.
Why would you believe that? Outside of lemmy.world which has semi-corporate backing can you verify who has your data?
Anyone can get my data, it’s an open system where my data is sent to every single Fediverse server that is listening. That is irrelevant.
The point is that people (instance hosts, FOSS developers, etc) can create things for people to use for free without the user being a product.
Altruism exists, not everything is corporate greed where I am a product to generate revenue for the people offering it.