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How are we going to pay for all this? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm really enjoying lemmy. I think we've got some growing pains in UI/UX and we're missing some key features (like community migration and actual redundancy). But how are we going to collectively pay for this? I saw an (unverified) post that Reddit received 400M dollars from ads last year. Lemmy isn't going to be free. Can someone with actual server experience chime in with some back of the napkin math on how expensive it would be if everyone migrated from Reddit?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

donations to my favorite instances, like wikipedia i hope :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Really, the only direct cost of lemmy is the development. That's the beauty of lemmy's decentralized nature, the cost of actually running it is spread out among tech hobbyists with spare hardware and time (edit: and only ~$30/year or less for a domain name), or may even have some money to throw at new hardware. For most people, the connectivity doesn't incur any additional cost to whatever they're already paying for internet access.

There are plenty of free and excellent open source projects that neither charge money or generate profits, they're driven by passionate developers who give their and talent for the enjoyment of it and betterment of the community.___

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

https://lemmy.ml/post/1175822

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Donate to the devs!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really nice merch, with small logos on. Think how the LTT stealth stuff is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know some people love merch but I've never really seen the appeal. If I want to support something I like I would rather purchase their media (artist) or donate directly if they have that option.

I do agree though if there is merch, I would vote for smaller logos.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It's literally all donated

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I bought a server for about 100 a year... With my whopping 2 users... It's overkill... So... My comment is a wasted way of saying idunno

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