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[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (44 children)

And if he will ask people to pay to use it, they will, rightfully so, switch to a different instance.

Ok? What on earth would be the motivation to let these people keep spending your money instead of letting them go spend someone else's?

ETA: Especially if their reason for leaving is that you had the audacity to ask them to pitch in for the cost of the resources that they're using. Oh, the humanity.

[–] jerry@infosec.pub 3 points 1 month ago

I am not sure if the “he” reference is me, but I did ask and people did step up to support the costs of running the instance.

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