I contribute to my masto instance. I will contribute to my Lemmy instance. I contribute on occasion to individual creators (big help if I can use apple cash because most of my “throw away” money is in cash or apple cash).
You do what you want to do. I just went to Linux as my primary OS to further distance myself from the commercialization and inevitable enshitification of everything that I’ve watched take over for the past 30 years.
And you know what? You and your users are welcome to play in your enshitified capitalistic wasteland where the only content is some form of propaganda or engagement trap. I’m going to find a community of folks who just want to share. And I’m going to contribute my own money and knowledge because I’ll know it’s being used by individuals and not going to shareholders profits making rich folks richer. Enjoy what remains.