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368 sats \ 5 comments \ @OT 3 Jun ideasfromtheedge

if we were for-profit we have to do things diametrically opposed to privacy

I'm biased, and by all evidence probably wrong, but I think we just need to break out of the current fashion of ad-based business models. It's at least not so black and white - ad based or charity.

Most of us would pay for Signal stickers or flare or whatever if it existed and were payable anonymously.

171 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 3 Jun

I agree re: ad-based business, but for Signal, if they can get by properly like this, then I think that they shouldn't change anything. I'd much rather donate money to Signal than donate my data to Zuck or Elon.

Re: pay for goodies. I've been giving them some sats every December for a couple of years in a row now, and I'd honestly like to continue giving them a Christmas gift. Without needing to expose my address: I'd really rather they don't have that data; it'd just be another potential future exposure to worry about.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 3 Jun

I’m with you. If they’re happy and functional, I wouldn’t change anything either.

I just wanted to reject that social businesses face the explicit dilemma of data-selling vs going non-profit (even if those are the only working examples lol).

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 3 Jun

Subscription or premium?

122 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 3 Jun

Nice interview! I now really expect this promised work about epistemic authority to be 🔥