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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by bscphil on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:16AM (#26912342)
> Now, if you saw a banner ad for that on lichess, would you really feel awful about it?

Frankly, yes. Lichess is such a relief because I know it's a place I can go without someone trying to sell me something.

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by amadvance on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:00AM (#26912594)
Did you donated to it ? Because this is possible only with donations.

I did, but if at some point they will have to add some ad, I won't consider that awful if done in the right way.

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by paxys on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:33PM (#26916433)
> I did, but if at some point they will have to add some ad

Why? Plenty of sites are able to survive solely on a donation model, even large ones. Look at Wikipedia.

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by sillysaurusx on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:27AM (#26912403)
Fair!
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