TIL about https://lichess.org/ , one of the world's most popular chess servers, run entirely on free software by a nonprofit, ad-free, supported by donations with a budget of ~$420K/year according to https://lichess.org/costs
They've been around since 2010.
As awesome as this is to see, imagine how many free/open nonprofit alternatives to Big Tech platforms would exist if, down to the municipal level, we decided to support them with funding & infrastructure.
@eloquence I use lichess. Time to give them some $
@eloquence Also a good illustration of what can be done if a community can freely mix and copy culture, without begging a monopolist for permission.
The lichess project could not do what they do anywhere near as well if some squatter had monopoly control of Chess© and exclusive say over who can do anything with it.
@eloquence
check radioparadise.com
for me best radio
I am not sure how long they are doing it but they have no ads in brodcast and fully listener supported
Oh yes, I know them! But haven't listened in a while - thanks for the reminder :-)
@eloquence 👍👍👍 lichess is nothing short of incredible - and incredibly addictive. My game is improving like never before. There's little chatting (the bane of online chess as far as I'm concerned), no ads as you say and you can just play one game after another with one of ~40000-110000 other players round the clock.
Have already donated.
♜
@quincy
I play often i should donate too ...
@eloquence
@hyde @eloquence it was surprisingly easy to donate via credit card.
@eloquence I'm happily and proudly on #lichess, and last month I #donated to them. I've also been #contributing to their translations. (:
Do you know that https://immers.space
has chess games too ?
It is ActivityPub but in 3d.
Some call it meta.
@eloquence oh, my school one time did a competition on it O__O
