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
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          1 year 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.