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1. Techmeme (techmeme@techhub.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 03:13:12 JST Techmeme

   Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says he rejected more than five US investors offering "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to preserve the platform's nonprofit status (Ian Johnston/Financial Times)

   https://t.co/TXNmtIPV3O
   http://www.techmeme.com/221228/p13#a221228p13

   • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 07:09:18 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • djtaktix

     @djtaktix @Techmeme

     lead dev of VLC media player has also turned down hundreds of thousands of Euros to sell out. Maybe a significant factor is both are based in Europe, where even a modest income (by USA standards) can still provide a reasonable quality of life..

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   • djtaktix (djtaktix@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 07:09:27 JST djtaktix

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     @Techmeme This is good news, but everyone has a price. Is it inevitable this place will turn into another corporate ad dispensary? i kinda like it as is...