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Amazing job with the study feature, but can teaching be monetized?

Firstly, thank you lichess team for all your hardwork that made shared anaylsis ans annotation a reality.

I was thinking, just like any other personalized service or tutoring, some chess coaches or teachers might want to charge a small fee for working one on one with someone. Perhaps lichess can charge a 5% commission or nothing at all if it's againat your policy.

How about it? Can potential chess enthusiass pay someone here for an extended tutoring session? I've seen quite a few top players on lichess claim to be online coaches of sorts, so it would be useful for them. Just a though -- that can potentially bring money in lichess in the least evil way :)
I am channeling the spirit of Thibbius Tibbieus, Emperor the 3rd. And he says: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Viva la Libre Chess!

Maybe you could make a website called costlychesscoaches.com/coach
@funder, no one says you have to pay. You can still use the study feature the way it is for free and share with your friends. This just allows others who want to offer chess tutoring service to be able to leverage the platform to do so. You don't like it, don't use it.
This will be a big mistake for site, except if the founder want Lichess to stop be a free site. The reason is simply. If teachers pay a fee (small or whatever), will have legally demands from the site. If teachers don't pay fee, but the lessons arranged through lichess (like service), also exist the probability of legal demands from lichess. The only way to stay lichess free and without legal oblications is the teacher-student alone arranged the lessons on lichess (with or without payment).

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