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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

FYI, if you really think that's enough then you should check out https://feddit.org/post/2600584

The most efficient large instances cost ~$1.40 per user per year for hosting costs, and that's if you value the admin/mod costs at $0

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The thought was that it'd be closer to that, than the 12 times larger suggestion.

And yeah, I was definitely only taking hosting costs into account, because every instance is maintained by volunteers. I was also only thinking about large instances that benefit from economies scale and smarter management.

I took a quick glance at that thread, will have a more thorough pass later.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you value the admin/mod costs at $0

Yeah, and developers. Apparently, they all think development of Lemmy, alternative frontends, supporting tools, client libraries and everything that enables the ecosystem falls out of the sky.

That thread is ridiculous. It's downright offensive to everyone working in free software and shows how little they are valued.