*for now

For now.

They claim to be a public benefit corporation, so while they obviously need to get income to run servers and fund development, their objective as a company isn't just to maximize shareholder value.

I don't know where/how to find their actual foundation documents to see what those actually say for their balance of profit vs mission.

Would just having a supporter badge & supporter plan(s) not suffice?

As in 'Im paying so this as an open service exists' and not like 'Im paying so I need to get something more'?

Just peer pressure, eg every megacorp needs to have a golden supporter badge or it's not paying it's fair share & everyone knows it.

I think it would insure a more democratic system in the long term, and even a sustainable financing system for other instances to implement (and even other fossy projects in general).

Just skip to the part of enshittyfication where everyone leaves allready

Eh. I'll just use Mastodon and make new friends. Pay a few dollars to help my admin run things.

Bluesky, you were the chosen one, you had to destroy Twitter/X, not join by force. You were going to give balance to the force, not leave it in the dark.

tanstaafl

I'm still banned from there after saying, regarding Eneloop batteries, the white ones are better than the black ones (if you need slower self discharge.)