Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P
UX = user experience
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FOSS can pay the rent. But the users that will complain about £20 for a lifetime of ad removal, definitely aren't going to be the ones that help him should the bank come calling about late mortgage payments.
Lemmy doesn't have ads. If you have to pay to remove them don't you think something is wrong with that? Why not pay for the community and useful features instead?
So for one he's adding an option to fund your instance as well, but also just because it's an app doesn't mean that it also doesn't require money.
Your argument doesn't come off as "so both should be free" but to me more like "oh yeah I'm surprised Lemmy doesn't have an ad option"
Where did you read that he was adding something to fund instances?