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submitted 3 years ago by hotdog@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I wish there was an alternative to leaving Reddit

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[-] player1@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Honestly I’m fine with some amount of ads as long as they are unobtrusive and inoffensive. Either that or there’s a free tier with some minimal ads and a paid tier with no ads. Nothing outlandish though.

No instance admin should have to bear the cost.

[-] EonNShadow@pawb.social 9 points 3 years ago

Unfortunately with the current structure of things, that's probably what will have to happen for a bit.

Lemmy is decentralized and federated and there are pros and cons to that system. One of those is that users expect a completely free experience. However, I have a server at home, but I have no way of scaling it. So despite there being a community I'd love to spin up, I can't because I have no way of scaling it.

Most people are going to have to go through Cloud providers for that, which can get pricey.