Comment on A community turned to grift
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAnd my point is that it isn’t “these days”, it was always monetized.
Comment on A community turned to grift
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAnd my point is that it isn’t “these days”, it was always monetized.
Obituarykidney@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Things started out free and ad free. Google for example started ad free and proudly started that fact. Now it’s become a core strategy for them. Release a new product, get it on everyone’s devices then load it up with ads.