Yeah that’s my only concern and why I stick with the major instances, for now. I know monetization for the sake of running the services is going to have to come at some point. I’m sure we’ll see a bunch of variations and approaches and I hope people are open to the ideas. I want the fediverse to grow and, for that to happen, we need to make sure it’s sustainable for the people who choose to help prop it up.
Veedems
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We need to understand, though, that the Fediverse is going to undergo similar changes and struggles. People aren’t going to want to pay to run servers, forever, and there will be lost servers and ones that suddenly have ads or subscription fees.
Granted, this creates competition and it’ll be better for the end user, but the utopia of Mastodon and KBin is going to be challenged by the crappy, but very real, realities of the world.
First thing I did. Makes it a little more app like. Still can’t wait to see what clients get released in the next few months.
Every time Huffman speaks, someone comes out with the receipts that prove otherwise. Maybe the dude should STFU now n
I just don’t understand the purpose of this guy’s interview tour and insistence on trying to make the developers the villain. It would simply be better for the brand if he said absolutely nothing.
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Some would say that’s so….puts on sunglasses Meta.
This is how my wife packs. It drives me nuts.
Dumpster fire still burning. Throwing gas on the flames did not fix the problem. News at 11.