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Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] potterman28wxcv@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Larger instances will either have more donators or close their subscriptions if it really is unsustainable.

The more Lemmy grows, the more instances will show up, which will help spread the load.

You speak of sustainability but Lemmy survived the wave of incoming Redditors without much downtime. It's really impressive that this growth could happen. That's the power of decentralized systems: they scale!