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It is possible to estimate?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Devs do get donations but instances are not able to host advertisements. This means that if any hobbyists hosts a popular server instance they have to pay out of pocket to keep it going.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Instances could in principle run on ad revenue but I rather doubt that will happen given that enough users are willing to donate. Injecting some code into the frontend you serve isn't rocket science.

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