'Pay or Okay' explained: Why more and more websites make you pay for your privacy
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How do pay or consent systems work and what are the issues? Max Schrems explains it all in this explainer video

Because I’ve regularly got in arguments with people who refuse to donate.

The ratio of leachers to seeders in torrents is a similar issue - and seeding is practically free.

Asking $12/yr for software seems like pulling teeth to some.

Asking $12/yr for software seems like pulling teeth to some.

That may be your problem. We don’t ask for anything specific. We simply make a post with how much the service costs and how much users have donated. Users are smart and can take things from there.

I’m not running an instance I’m talking about generalities not specifics.

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