You donated to the devs working full time with no pay developing the lemmy software
They receive grants from foundations like NLnet occasionally, so it isn’t as if they’re completely unpaid aside from individual donations.
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superkret@feddit.org 1 week agoYou donated to the devs working full time with no pay developing the lemmy software that all instances run.
lemmy.ml is the instance used by the devs to test changes under real world conditions, so running that instance is funded by the same donations.
For comparison:
The devs need $5000/month total, to keep developing lemmy full time.
Running lemmy.ml costs $30/month.
grue@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Except that’s only for features and not for maintenance, security, or development work that doesn’t receive grants.
mrodri89@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Okay great, thank you!