@[email protected] As long as the kind if monetization ain't morally apprehensible it's actually kind of a good thing. Running instances is hella pricy at some point after all.
I just fear the time when big companies start to aggressively join incl. their whole marketing lying schemes and exploitative behaviour…
@[email protected] I recently read about the idea of "patron posts", i.e. giving people the option to set their profile up so people with invested interest in your work/art can subscribe to individual accounts.
This would both attract artists and entertainers (won't use "content creator", imho it's a derogative term), but could also finance the very instance they use if there's f.e. a 1% cut on every transaction.
Would be hell of an implementation nightmare to properly work with the "change instance"