The saying goes if you’re not the customer, you’re the product. Now, you’re both. Every big social media app is testing subscriptions. It's a business model that comes with a perverse incentive. Just like airlines, if you make life worse, more people will pay.
… but also pay to support your instance. Don’t be a leech.
Yo can you spot me for a few months?
Or self-host
Yes but Mr lemmy.world isn’t a self hoster
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You’re self hosting: no qualms with that.
The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They’re the same types who torrent without seeding.
It’s usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you’re either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others.
Self hosters arent leeching: they’re participating in the decentralization.
With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you’re using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as.
Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn’t be mooches. Cheers!
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Ok leech whatever you say
Am I actually supposed to feel bad? Fucking hilarious.
You are a very bad person if you don’t donate. But since u cried we’ll let it slide this time.
I’m not just bad, I’m evil for not giving my money to something someone told me to give my money to. I also don’t donate money at the register and I don’t do volunteer work. Fucking hang me!