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

This publication is unique, and needs your support.

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.

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 can’t. Because they know that, if they say something that their corporate overlords don’t 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 it’s not written for us, the nerds. It’s written, specifically, to make those companies happy.

We’ve 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 doesn’t like what The Lunduke Journal says? They’ll have to learn to live with it… because there’s no company they can pressure to defund (read: cancel) The Lunduke Journal.

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

This isn’t 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 can’t… or won’t.

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 haven’t already)

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

1. A monthly subscription for $5.

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

3. A yearly “Founding Member” subscription for $125 / year.

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 couldn’t be done without the support you have shown.

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