<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>hodlbod wrote</title><author_name>hodlbod (npub1jl…jynqn)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I need to build a business on Coracle if I want to keep working on it. One thing that makes this hard is that I refuse to make my users the product. I will not sell your data.&#xA;&#xA;However, what does everyone think of a referral/ad model? Sponsored results in search, sponsored relay suggestions, etc, with an option to pay to turn them off. Is this unethical?&#xA;Of course, my ideal business model would be a freemium service — get the basics for free, pay for some bells and whistles. But that would require much more development effort to get started.&#xA;&#xA;Now I&#39;m just brain dumping, but I guess I could start a freemium model on a purely volunteer basis, and issue a badge or something for supporters, ala patreon/kickstarter?&#xA;&#xA;What do you guys think?</html></oembed>