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There is so much fresh uncertainty following Google I/O, and I think it will take us all a while to process it and understand what it means. vale.rocks/micros/20260...

vale.rocksGoogle I/O 2026 And Its Consequences - 21 May 2026 04:40 UTC

Sacha Greif

@sachagreif.com

25 May

To play devil's advocate: this could be the end for a majority of ad-supported content websites, but many of these sites didn't offer a great experience to begin with. Maybe that means that the websites who survive are the ones who are directly supported by their community?

sh03

@sh03.dev

Do you have an example of websites that are directly financially supported by their community?

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Sacha Greif

@sachagreif.com

25 May

Podcasts, YouTubers, etc. often use Patreon. Websites could theoretically follow the same model?

sh03

@sh03.dev

25 May

Those are not directly supported. They are indirectly supported via big centralized huge platforms.

Mary Branscombe

@marypcbuk.bsky.social

25 May

Someone using a tip jar or affiliate links on their site is getting support through those. Patreon and newsletter platforms give you a share of the subscription money but only the money people send to *you* not all the money anyone spends with them

sh03

@sh03.dev

25 May

Wouldn't affiliate links be broken with the new AI search model?

Nigel Whitfield

@nigelwhitfield.uk

25 May

One of the sites I run, bluf.com, is directly community supported in the way you mean, I think. All members get all the facilities (so it's not a freemium model). If you donate (Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless) you get a membership card which entitles you to discounts at some shops. Works well for us.