CascadianBeam@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow does an instance of Lemmy, especially a larger one like lemmy.world pay for costs involved with running a Lemmy instance in a sustainable way?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareHow does an instance of Lemmy, especially a larger one like lemmy.world pay for costs involved with running a Lemmy instance in a sustainable way?CascadianBeam@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarepulaskiwasright@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI used to pay a dollar a month to Apollo. I’m happy to donate it to a Lemmy instance.
minus-squaremysoulishome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYep Steve Huffman literally said he didn’t want our dirty 3rd party app loving money so fuck them, let’s help build the feddiverse
minus-squareBoinketh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAll that idiot had to do was monetize 3rd party apps by expanding the API to allow for the purchase of coins/awards in return for something like a 5% cut going to the devs. Too late now though, we’re all in a vastly superior social media site.
I used to pay a dollar a month to Apollo. I’m happy to donate it to a Lemmy instance.
Yep Steve Huffman literally said he didn’t want our dirty 3rd party app loving money so fuck them, let’s help build the feddiverse
All that idiot had to do was monetize 3rd party apps by expanding the API to allow for the purchase of coins/awards in return for something like a 5% cut going to the devs. Too late now though, we’re all in a vastly superior social media site.