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[–] player1@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Honestly I’m fine with some amount of ads as long as they are unobtrusive and inoffensive. Either that or there’s a free tier with some minimal ads and a paid tier with no ads. Nothing outlandish though.

No instance admin should have to bear the cost.

[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately with the current structure of things, that's probably what will have to happen for a bit.

Lemmy is decentralized and federated and there are pros and cons to that system. One of those is that users expect a completely free experience. However, I have a server at home, but I have no way of scaling it. So despite there being a community I'd love to spin up, I can't because I have no way of scaling it.

Most people are going to have to go through Cloud providers for that, which can get pricey.

[–] amki@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Just like people share the cost for a Netflix account they could probably share the cost of their fediverse access. IF people really wanted that is.