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[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 152 points 1 month ago

What if we could have a world that wasn't powered by ads? I'd like to get past this "only one way to run the internet" train of thought.

I'm just so tired of ads, commercials and advertising in general. It's exhausting.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 37 points 1 month ago

It's either that, a subscription model of some sort, going to pay to install models, or something else to fund themselves. I'd suggest going to a donation based model, but I doubt there's enough Firefox users willing to pay to even be able to keep it alive more than a year or two tops.

[-] Treble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Universal Basic Income, ala star trek, is an option, then just let everybody make cool shit.

[-] funtrek@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago

Star Trek has no Universal Basic Income. It has replicators for all your basic needs.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Replicators, which are universal and basic.

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago
[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It, uh...makes...food...uh...come in...?

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Money has a definition. It is exchanged for goods and services. In the Star Trek universe, they are not trading replicators in exchange for goods and services, the goods are made by the replicator and services are provided freely. Therefore replicators are not money or income or anything.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Money has a definition, but "income" is the word used, and that's a euphemism that could be remapped.

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