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  • Fwiw they’re just collecting a paycheck. Sure it’s scummy for them to not reject the businesses offering them the money but tbh I really don’t blame them - I’d probably take the cash too.

    Depending on the channel size sponsored ad reads can deliver upwards of multiple thousand per video for the creator. If you see multiple channels with the same ads, it’s bc the company advertising got a big budget approved, that’s it.

    Imo just skip the ad reads (or get sponsorblock) and forget they exist. Usually the creator doesn’t even give a fuck who’s paying them or why. They are victims of the system too, not maliciously peddling garbage. I do wish they didn’t have to peddle anything, but here we are.







  • FYI, lots of people have different grocery needs so a broad statement like “grocery trips are $N these days” is pretty meaningless without the context of your purchases or needs.

    A better example might be “my grocery bills are up 50% this year with no changes to what I buy!!”

    My grocery budget has changed the last few years, but from $65 average to now $85 average. That said the supplemental food I buy (occasional orders out, etc) has risen significantly more, probably upwards of +60% at times.













  • beetus@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldConcerns about lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So what changed with Lemmy then? A few months back when I joined the ecosystem many instances including LW were unreachable for many hours a day. Joining up to a new instance didn’t make LW content appear (as they were offline).

    The issues today feel largely the same as a user, though less frequent. Am I misunderstanding?


  • beetus@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldConcerns about lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If the instance that hosts those communities goes down or struggles to stay afloat won’t it struggle to federate its content outside its own network?

    If I join another instance and lemmy.world is down, it’s not like I can see the communities on lemmy.world.

    Joining another instance as a user doesn’t solve the problem that lemmy.world has bad uptime outside of the scope of reducing the load on LW itself