It feels like more Lemmy apps are going to make their way on to the app stores. With more apps, comes more people. More people, more API calls. How do we scale this server and hopefully all of the others to come, financially?
There are some REALLY interesting Podcast 2.0 features in the works. Especially using “value4value” and “boosting” as a way for listeners to tip their favorite podcasts and fund them directly. I wonder if somehow we can learn from it?
For those who do not know, hopefully these Podcasting 2.0 features will help podcasters continue to thrive in world where companies like Spotify and Amazon have decided to destroy our incredible open and free podcast networks by making “exclusives” and putting them behind paywalls that don’t follow the open standards.
I’d really love to integrate Podcasting 2.0 RSS and the fediverse. How cool would it be if every podcast episode just had its own place in the fediverse with a place to chat and it all worked together somehow automatically.
I dunno. Just a thought.
Here’s some info:
Look to Mastodon for what will happen. It went through a large migration from Twitter in the middle of November '22 (me included). The few established instances got slammed while new ones started. People started to move from larger to smaller instances that fit there needs. Many instances started accepting donations to cover costs and are in a good place. The same will eventually happen to Lemmy.
The BIG difference is the API cutoff on July 1st will cause many to migrate the first week of July. There will be some pain and some inexperienced admins may just give up.
Someone may make it once there is an actual spec.
What you’re mentioning is key. Lemmy is exploding right now. Imagine when all third-party apps cease working… It’s gonna be crazy.
There’s already a bit of that, considering that some of the instances effectively imploded under the few users that did move over.