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.

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] halm@leminal.space 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw this. The difference in that they market it as a fediverse extension.

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 2 months ago

You're already free to support developers and instance owners financially if they've set up either Patreon, OpenCollective or LiberaPay 🤷

Problem is, not enough people are doing it. Case in point: https://join-lemmy.org/donate