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Sync for Lemmy - Now Released on Play Store (play.google.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Until the grant runs out and new funding needs to be found. And when socialised funding become untenable they will turn to the users or the corporations. Nothing is free.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Asking for donations is, again, different than extortion. There's a stark difference between a splash screen asking for funding to continue providing a free service and forcing ads and tracking in exchange for cash to operate on said FOSS platform.

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