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   Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:30:59 JST Børge

   • Fedilab Apps
   • Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

   Idea for paid fediverse apps, like @ivory and @apps: Set aside a small amount of the price and give that money to the hosts of the servers your users are using.

   This obviously means you will need to collect data about which servers are being used with your clients, which should be opt-in. Still the same percentage should be set aside for this from all sales, and divided among the servers used by those who opt in.

   #fediverse #client #Ivory #fedilab

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:35:06 JST Børge

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     • Fedilab Apps
     • Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

     Why? Because for you to even have a business at all the #fediverse needs to work. So the whole ecosystem needs to be economically sustainable for you to thrive. We are all interdependent of each other here! Most fediverse instances does not have what you have: A way to make users give them money. Still they need it to stay up, and you need them. Sure, if one instance goes under the users can switch, but how many actually will? You will lose a ton of potential customers every time.

     @ivory @apps

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 21:38:57 JST Børge

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     • Fedilab Apps
     • Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

     Also, I just think it's a great sales pitch: We help the fediverse thrive – a percentage of each sale goes to keep your instance running and the fediverse diverse.
     @ivory @apps

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 22:07:15 JST Børge

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     • Peter Koopman 🦣

     @pkoopmanpk Since only a small handful of apps are paid I'm obviously not arguing for all instances to only rely on this income. And as I mentioned sharing your data should be opt-in (and anonymous, obviously).

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     Peter Koopman 🦣 (pkoopmanpk@mastodon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jan-2023 22:07:16 JST Peter Koopman 🦣

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     @forteller
     My server has a donation link. I think that is a better option than a small percentage of an already cheap product. Plus, I'd have to share my (private) instance info with the maker of the app.