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YouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I pay $100/month for internet access.

Irrelevant to the point, but damn that feels so high. I pay something like 30 or 40 euros per month for symmetric 500 megabit, in one of the countries with the highest internet prices in Europe.

Lemmy may be free to access, but certainly not free to host. Am I paying for it personally? No, but someone is.

Well yes, someone is, but my point was, there are loads of examples on the Internet where something truly is free to use and hosted by someone who doesn't ask for anything. There is real altruism to be found here.

You also don’t see Lemmy paying hundreds of YouTubers and influencers for ad spots.

Yes, this is where the difference comes in. When something is free AND the people running it have ridiculous amounts of money to spend on sponsorships and ads... Then you can be sure there's a catch.