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.
            • @huginn@feddit.itEnglish
              2•9 months ago

              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.

              • TrinityTekEnglish
                1•9 months ago

                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!