Help The Lunduke Journal "Speak Truth to (Tech) Power"

Date:
Tue, 27 Dec 2022 03:17:24 GMT

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This publication is unique, and needs your support.

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As 2022 draws to a close, it is becoming increasingly clear the role The Lunduke Journal is playing in the broader Tech world. And we need your help to keep it going. Subscribe now The Woeful state of Tech Journalism

The sad reality is that every major Tech Publication is directly funded by
the very same companies that they cover.

Publications writing about Microsoft are funded by ad dollars from Microsoft.

Publications writing about Enterprise Linux companies are funded by ad
dollars from Enterprise Linux Companies.

Sometimes those publications are paid directly by the companies other times they are paid through advertising services (like Google AdSense).
Regardless, the end result is the same.

What is the end result ?

Paid advertisements that pretend to be articles.

Articles that are nothing more than re-packaged press releases.

A complete lack of any real critical coverage of the Tech Companies that pay the bills.

Even when good Tech Journalists attempt to provide an independent voice they cant . Because they know that, if they say something that their corporate overlords dont like, their paycheck will disappear.

Not only does that mean an almost total lack of real journalism it means the tech news is boring . Because its not written for us, the nerds. Its written, specifically, to make those companies happy.

Weve all seen it. Tech Journalism is dying because of it. The Lunduke Journal is Different

The Lunduke Journal never takes a single dollar from any Tech Company. We
are 100% funded by subscribers. People like you.

What does that mean in practice?

No company, on Earth, can influence what The Lunduke Journal says.

The opinions and topics covered here are ones that The Lunduke Journal feels are important.

If a company or group doesnt like what The Lunduke Journal says? Theyll have to learn to live with it because theres no company they can pressure to
defund (read: cancel) The Lunduke Journal.

In short: The Lunduke Journal can speak truth to power.

This isnt just some theoretical idea you can see this for yourself.

One Recent Example : The Lunduke Journal is the only publication on Earth that dared to dive in and investigate the bizarre finances of Mozilla (the Billion dollar company behind Firefox). Not one other journalist, writing
for any Tech Publication, was even willing to touch that topic.

Microsoft. Apple. Google. The Linux Foundation. The Lunduke Journal has the freedom, the knowledge, and the will to speak the truth about and to
any of them (and other companies like them).

Sometimes that means hard-hitting, deeply researched reporting. Other times it may call for some light-hearted satire. Whatever form it takes, The Lunduke Journal can do it when the other Tech Publications cant or wont. The Lunduke Journal needs Your Help

Because The Lunduke Journal takes zero dollars from companies and never runs paid advertisements we need you to keep this show rocking.

If you enjoy the kind of deep Tech Journalism, Computer History, Computer Satire, and Alternative Operating System Coverage that The Lunduke Journal creates now is the time to subscribe (if you havent already)

There are three simple ways to subscribe and all three are fantastic ways to help fund this critical work:

A monthly subscription for $5.

A yearly subscription for $50 / year ($4.16 / month).

A yearly Founding Member subscription for $125 / year. Subscribe now

All options go 100% towards funding The Lunduke Journal. And all subscription levels provide full access to a mountain of subscription perks (books, pdf collections, premium videos, the works).

That Founding Member subscription is a great way to show support for this
work and comes with complimentary full access (for one year) to Lunduke.Locals.com (The Lunduke Journal community site).

A huge Thank You to the army of current subscribers to The Lunduke Journal!

All of you have made this possible. Seriously. This couldnt be done without the support you have shown.

And to those of you looking at subscribing for the first time, welcome to the community!













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Link to news story: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/help-the-lunduke-journal-speak-truth


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