If you’re in the US, the Affordable Connectivity Program is available to low income families and it covers $30 a month off your existing internet bill.
PCsForPeople (not sure if I can provide links on Lemmy) offers a free mobile hotspot plan with unlimited data that you can use as home internet, if you qualify for the ACP.
Just an FYI, since there are programs that help, but not everyone is aware of them.
Could you even tell?
After all, we are in the era of advanced LLMs.
It would be nice to interact with my own family and friends
That’s a straight no from me.
We can already interact with our friends and family anywhere we choose, but Lemmy is one of the only general discussion areas left on the internet that isn’t full of the stupidest people on the planet.
Bringing our family here will just result in real identities taking over and limiting discussion to what’s acceptable in all our little social bubbles.
I agree, it seems like they’re doing everything they can to force users into the mindset of “you’re going to have to spend money here.”
However… I don’t think that’s going to work. It’s a tactic that relies solely on Apple not allowing the user to customize their icons, which combines into a double whammy of “give me money to fix the thing that I broke.”
Why do I have to pay when Android users don’t?
Why is Reddit being greedy?
This other site is free and doesn’t make me feel like I’m being taken advantage of every turn.
Reddit is trying to capitalize on goodwill they already spent months ago. And the quality of the site is just going to get worse from here.