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   alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:45 JST alcinnz

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   • unexpectedteapot

   @unexpectedteapot @dentangle @w3c Its much better now...

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     unexpectedteapot (unexpectedteapot@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:46 JST unexpectedteapot

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     @alcinnz @dentangle @w3c lol @ the low income country non-profit fees. It being in EUR is the cherry on top of the out-of-touch-white people cherry.

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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:47 JST alcinnz

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     @dentangle @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold Btw, here's one person being actively excluded by @w3c 's fees!

     I appreciate what they do & am keen to chip in, but there's no way I can justify paying that much!

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     Brett Sheffield (he/him) (dentangle@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:49 JST Brett Sheffield (he/him)

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     • Jeremiah Lee

     @Jeremiah @w3c

     Let's compare:
     Nominet: £500 join, £100/yr
     RIPE: 1000€ join, ~1400€/yr
     W3C: 7800€/yr

     Nominet essentially costs us nothing, as we get a discount on .uk domains.

     RIPE gives us an ASN number and IP addresses we can route.

     Both these orgs give us voting rights and a chance to shape Internet policy.

     W3C membership benefits (from the website):

     - Participate in any group
     - Shape web technology
     - Propose new technology
     - Standardize your ideas
     - Meet, interact with leaders

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     Brett Sheffield (he/him) (dentangle@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:50 JST Brett Sheffield (he/him)

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     • Jeremiah Lee

     @Jeremiah @w3c The W3C is only interested in large corporations as members. This is clear from their fees, which deliberately exclude small businesses from participating.

     My company has been a member of Nominet and RIPE for years (memberships that come with real benefits in terms of Internet resources), but there's no way in hell we could justify a membership of W3C. Why would we want to subsidise Google?

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     Jeremiah Lee (jeremiah@alpaca.gold)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:51 JST Jeremiah Lee

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     @w3c Why does the fee jump up so significantly for small businesses after the first 2 years?

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     World Wide Web Consortium (w3c@w3c.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 01:08:52 JST World Wide Web Consortium

     Web technologies that meet the varied needs of society do not happen by chance. They are designed and standardized, not by one company, country, or community, but through the work of the Web Consortium.

     Discover the value for organizations to join as Members. #aboutW3C
     https://www.w3.org/membership/