It’s also a potent recipe for huge profits for the every companies.

Music to my ears Lodion :)

Have people pay a small fee to engage with the community. Ad revenue is not the only way to make money, remember the good old days when people actually paid for services that provide value?

Start with relying on donations and then make make it mandatory if required.

Ad revenue is a good way to make big profits, not just revenue, not something that we are interested in.