• Evan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    and many (like me) don’t donate directly

    But you pay for API keys?

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      1 year ago

      Yes, that would be ‘indirectly’ just as we pay for electricity and hardware given to Boink or similar distributed computing, but psychologically it can make a huge difference. However, the exact method is imho less important than creating an AI workflow to assist in development of Lemmy et al. API keys can also come free trials, from private servers using https://localai.io/ or similar services with an API/Key.