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submitted 1 year ago by danileonis@lemmy.ml to c/reddit@lemmy.ml

It is possible to estimate?

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

This is true but aren't the two main Lemmy devs paid to work on this full-time? That's something at least, it's better than being truly unpaid to work on this.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Devs do get donations but instances are not able to host advertisements. This means that if any hobbyists hosts a popular server instance they have to pay out of pocket to keep it going.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Instances could in principle run on ad revenue but I rather doubt that will happen given that enough users are willing to donate. Injecting some code into the frontend you serve isn't rocket science.

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