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Depending on how much the admin hosting this instance pays for it, I’d disagree. This is the largest instance by a fair margin so hosting costs* may not be a negligible expense anymore.
I just saw their financials. For May, their server costs were about $600, including their massive Mastodon server.
Not a negligible expense, but easily recoverable from the 10k+ active users
Any chance you could say where you found their financials? I’ve been fruitlessly searching for them for the last week.
It was posted in https://lemmy.ml/comment/1240593
Direct link: https://blog.mastodon.world/april-and-may-2023-financial-update
I just now noticed that these numbers are just for Mastodon.world, before they spun up Lemmy.world. But I also remember one of the bigger isntances posting about their massive server upgrade, and it was very much in line with these figures.
ETA: There's another blog post there with server specs: https://blog.mastodon.world/welcome-lemmy-world
Thank you, their financials seem not to be a big concern for now. I imagine the administrators will begin posting their patreon more frequently in this instance if costs become cumbersome in the long-term. I’m not certain whether they’re dipping into their relatively sizable savings from mastodon or whether they’re keeping funding separate, but they’re not in immediate danger, nonetheless.
Yeah, as long as they're both clear and non-intrusive, I might make an exception in uBlock...
how much does it cost to host instances? how is it paid for if not for ads or trophies?
Some instance admins have patreon
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