We all know the struggle of beloved services slowly going downhill. What’s one service, tool, or website you’ve been using for years that’s still great and hasn’t turned to crap?

  • nfreak@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    I can forgive Wikipedia and Internet Archive for the spam. Both sites are incredibly valuable and completely ad-free.

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      12 hours ago

      They are one of the highest achievements of humanity, imho, that even make me feel proud to be a human.

      It’s hard not to try to support them.
      The “spam” is for them to operate, not maximise their profits.

      • QuizzaciousOtter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 hours ago

        It’s not that simple and transparent actually. Wikipedia doesn’t really need those donations to operate. They have money reserves for many years of expenses. I don’t have a great source right now but this article looks decent. I didn’t read the whole thing though.