Ads may be coming to KDE, the popular Linux desktop

CHEF-KOCH@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml – -6 points – Ads may be coming to KDE, the popular Linux desktop
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QT Press Announce

https://www.qt.io/blog/monetizing-cross-platform-use-cases-faster-and-easier-with-qt-digital-advertising-platform

Update, got a response in my subreddit. Credit for this finding goes to this fine gentlemen.

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What a huge fucking piece of shit

Why, even FOSS needs support. See OBS Studio, Wikipedia etc. Without supports good projects go to waste.

  • Developers can decide to introduce it in their apps or not. I am sure not every QT developer will adopt this.
  • People will be able to opt-in, opt-out. I am pretty sure they provide us with an option.
  • Most people do not donate, so an additional income thing could help.
  • The other option would be crypto.

We are not talking about MS who introduce ads in Explorer which need some ad-blocking, hosts or registry hacks. Linux is more transparent and there will be options to control this.

Do I like it, nope. But it is better than alternatives to shutdown project because lack of funding or struggling to expand because only few people are willingly to donate.