Yeah, I think a lot of the people who are against are the ones who don't like the ad-removal model, because you are paying to remove ads on an app that uses a platform whose foundation is built against ads and tracking. The subscription model or one-time payment for life is fair IMO; people are free to support the dev (and please support the lemmy devs and instance admins too!). It's the ads (and tracking that come with it) that's kinda weird.

[–] THED4NIEL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thinking one step further one could implement a revenue share from ads or subscriptions or third party apps, that supports the instance you are registered to on a voluntary basis (we don't want to turn this into Reddit after all).

This way the developer and the server instance owners could sustain their service, a hopefully symbiotic relationship.

But I'm just throwing ideas in the room, doesn't mean they're good in the long run.