this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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Any non-free service needs to monetize to scale. Hobbyists paying out of pocket can only take it so far. Though it seems half of fedi users don't care to grow it to begin with
I see monetizing as something different from covering cost.
I agree that costs need to be covered somehow, but monetization is about making MORE money than is actually needed to run the platform and that is definitely the Achilles heel of existing social media that doesn't need to be carried over to Mastodon.