Submitted 1 year ago by vamp07@lemm.ee to fediverse@lemmy.world
Are there any paid services for either Lemmy or Mastodon? Something where, given it is a subscription service, you would expect them to stick around long-term?
Not sure how tech savvy you are, but hosting your own server costs a few euros per month, you decide how long it stays up and you are chief in command.
Second this. And other instances would still be accessible. Even more so since lemmy.world (along with probably some others) is starting censorship, which wouldn’t affect you, since you decide what you can see.
Yeah, I may go with this option, but I really like the idea of helping create an economy. I suspect one of the Achilles heels of the Fediverse will be instances disappearing after users based their identity on a free server that the host eventually lost interest. Time will tell. I may be wrong. But also may be right.
I think masto.host offers what you want, you can pay to host mastodon. I haven’t seen the same for Lemmy.
communick.news are intending to provide those services.
Good reminder that I still have to create an alt there
elest.io seems to be OSS focused host where you pay per hour and they offer an option to move to any other host.
https://cloudisland.nz/about is a paid Mastodon server.
There was a guy here offering that type of service let me look him up and I will share it when I get home.
1984@lemmy.today 1 year ago
You don’t need a subscription for instances to stay around long term - you need to use them.
vamp07@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I understand, and for the most part, I agree, but I would still like to find a paid instance.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It seems like most instances have a donation link, so you could just donate on a regular basis.
Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
Why if I may ask?