Independent·Ad-free·Donation-supported
Keep Joinue independent
Joinue runs on donations from the people who use it, so there's no investor pushing us to squeeze you. No ads, no ad trackers, and we do not sell your personal data.
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One time, in US dollars. There is no subscription to cancel later.
There is no badge and no perk for this. Everything in Joinue is free either way. That's kind of the point.
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The bills
Databases, image and video storage, map tiles, texts and email. They arrive whether anyone donates or not.
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The work
Building, fixing, and answering every email, from Tucson, with a dog supervising.
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The independence
No investors means nobody waiting on a return, which is what usually kicks off the enshittification process.
Running it does cost money, so if enough people show up we'll have to work out how it pays for itself. Whatever that turns out to be, it won't be excessive ads or profiling you. The full story is on Pricing and Your data.
A social app should end with you out somewhere, with your people.