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How is Lemmy going to make money? (lemmy.ml)
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If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit's daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don't think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.

I know the goal of Lemmy isn't to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.

I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?

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[–] denton@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah hence why I said idk the cost of living and €4k might be enough. I also live in the north of England, on (28k but just went up to) 34k before tax but since I live in the city center of a big city, it's not a huge amount.. and I have a housemate

Edit and we're not talking close to 6 figs here, another user pointed out that €4k/month before tax is not even €50k a year so if they're living in a city that costs more than the relatively-lower cost north of England, they're not in good shape.