• boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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        5 months ago

        Where i come from you can go there and read for free, but if you want to borrow stuff you need to have a card which is paid my an abo.

        And they will also get money by the city likely

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          In my city/county, you get a free card if you can prove you live here (show something with your address) Our system will also do fundraisers to supplement the budget from taxes. We almost lost some libraries a gew years ago, but voters remade the local government and they are safer now.

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          5 months ago

          That’s sucks.

          In my country I’m pretty sure library cards are always free. The card has to be collected in person though.

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      It’s not even expensive. A single euro monthly per user is more then enough to keep instances running

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        The problem is that micro-payments are a pain in the ass. On Liberapay I often pay people 2 years in advance which is then pretty much

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          I’m not suggesting to pay one euro each month, I’m suggesting that you treat your lemmy instance as a 12 euro per year subscription. Compared to literally every other service it is basically free.