I’m fairly new and don’t 100% understand it yet, but instances are run on servers that require money. Are we heading towards seeing ads or subscriptions to raise funds instead of relying on donations to cover overhead?
Especially with the influx of new users. Hardware upgrades are needed.
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I think someone mentioned that somewhere and it’s really transparent. Unless I’m thinking of a different instance. LOL
Beehaw has also been transparent - interesting to be able to follow.
https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld/expenses
I think this includes mastodon + Lemmy but the costs are rising slowly.