Why is it that this community of innovators can’t fathom other ways to fund cool things besides the false dichotomy of customer pays vs we shove ads down customer throat?

Some services seem like facebook and reddit seem ripe for a nonprofit model to use an example that doesn’t require any innovation.

Maybe because y’all are focused on winning big with your options? Maybe that’s the root cause of enshitification?

This innovator actually works for a nonprofit and guess what -- people don't want to pay for news, and those who did at one time are giving much less.[1]

There are a few nonprofit models for social media, and they aren't making a dent in the big monsters. As far as I'm concerned, social media is where ads belong, but maybe that's because I despise it.

The nonprofit model for content, my wheelhouse, is struggling mightily with this issue, but it all comes down to getting donations, government funding, or getting people to work for free. Even this list of "non-reformist reforms"[2] comes down to getting money from the government or consolidating into media co-ops. Public radio stations get a small amount of government funding as you might know, but a journalistic enterprise beholden to its government is probably actually worse than being beholden to advertisers.

So, as a member of this community of innovators, what are your suggestions?

[1] https://logan-gentry.medium.com/giving-was-down-in-2023-but-...

[2] https://lpeproject.org/blog/taking-media-out-of-the-market/