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burkaman
on March 3, 2021
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Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, ...
Wikipedia is a special case for me because it's owned by a non-profit which has thoroughly proven it can sustain itself on donations and grants.
wizzwizz4
on March 3, 2021
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Though perhaps not all that well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_C...
burkaman
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I'm sure reasonable people can disagree about how much money Wikipedia needs to raise and what projects are essential, but the main point stands.
Although, I'm not sure it's reasonable to call linear expense growth "cancerous".
tomtheelder
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The author of that certainly has a point, but the cancer analogy feels SO forced and is really off-putting.
wizzwizz4
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Yeah… I almost didn't link it because of that.
yellowapple
on March 3, 2021
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That article doesn't seem to account for actual traffic growth.
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