Server owners aren't the only people who are working for free.

There are people that have made skins for Lemmy, do they get paid? Mods as well, not to mention the Lemmy devs and admins. And all of this is nothing without people posting content, are you going to pay them too?

If all one has to do to try and diminish someone asking for a price for their services here is to point out someone else on Lemmy that wants the money too, then everyone looks like a jerk.

Don't forget, the whole reason Lemmy is so successful these past few months is because the work these devs do wasn't appreciated on Reddit, and we all came here instead. Are you saying all these redfugees should leave and take their money to X instead?