Lemmy is free.
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FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
If it’s free, you are the product.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 days ago
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Lemmy is not free. Not even close. Someone’s paying out of pocket to run the hardware and pay the upkeep.
You are just a guest here. Host your own and you can pay the bills instead of freeloading off someone.
That’s part of the entire point of this. It ain’t free, but if we all split the load of hosting enough then the cost becomes manageable across the entire community.
So that way one person or one company isn’t forced to find endless ways to make money to keep the lights on.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 day ago
Yeah, good job, that’s totally what I meant.
FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
So is reddit, and that place used to be awesome.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 days ago
True. I don’t see the relevance though? On Reddit, we were indeed the product, unlike here.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 days ago
Yeah, encrypt your shit.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Even if I’ve got a septic system?
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Especially if you’'ve got a septic system.