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If it spies on me, if it shows me ads, then it's not free.
Yeah, I think a lot of the people who are against are the ones who don't like the ad-removal model, because you are paying to remove ads on an app that uses a platform whose foundation is built against ads and tracking. The subscription model or one-time payment for life is fair IMO; people are free to support the dev (and please support the lemmy devs and instance admins too!). It's the ads (and tracking that come with it) that's kinda weird.
Thinking one step further one could implement a revenue share from ads or subscriptions or third party apps, that supports the instance you are registered to on a voluntary basis (we don't want to turn this into Reddit after all).
This way the developer and the server instance owners could sustain their service, a hopefully symbiotic relationship.
But I'm just throwing ideas in the room, doesn't mean they're good in the long run.