With news of the scab reddit apps preparing to charge $2-3 per month to stay alive, now’s a good time to remind everyone that you can actually save money by only donating $1-2 per month to your favorite home server instead! That’s $12 per year of savings. You can’t afford to not donate in this economy.
The fediverse doesn’t have the luxury of mining data or selling ads - it relies on donations. Luckily, without a CEO to feed, the cost of running an instance is quite cheap on a per person basis. I think we should normalize and socially encourage setting up at least a $1-2 monthly donation to your home server for as long as you’re using the site.
I really wish this was standardized more across instances. The fediverse is extremely large, but a lot of servers end up being paid for solely by whoever runs them.
I get that not everybody can afford it, but…a few bucks a month to supporting a server goes a long way.
I’d definitely be happy to chip in a few bucks if there was an easy way to set up a small recurring donation to my home server.
I just messaged my admin and asked about it and they set one up within a few days.
I also messaged my peertube admin and haven’t heard anything back yet. I’m not going to beat down their door.😡