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Wikimedia has an estimated $157m in donations this year. If we could get a small fraction of this amount we should be able to build something pretty good.
by daoudc 5y ago
Wikimedia has an estimated $157m in donations this year. If we could get a small fraction of this amount we should be able to build something pretty good.
- klohto 5y agoGet real lol. Why would a general public care about you? Happy to donate but it won’t keep the light on. You’re serving a niche community
- daoudc 5y agoNiche for now, but I think a lot of people can see the value of search without ads.
- beachy 5y agoA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- oefrha 5y agoI wish you luck, but I mean, I use Google and I haven’t seen a search ad for what, a decade (okay, less than a decade considering iOS)? Most people who don’t want to see search ads can pretty easily find an ad blocker.
- wodenokoto 5y agoOnline encyclopedia was very niche when Wikipedia started.
- interator7 5y agoI mean, it's not even remotely comparable. It's not like we have to look at paper search engines as an alternative to online search engines. The whole point is that the general public has no real reason to switch, never mind donate.