@CandleTiger@Frub >I see lemmy and mastodon going the same way if they grow enough.
This is one of those things where exactly what happens depends on what group of people you're in. There's lots of sub-100 person instances which are basically "using your cool friend's server" or "using some cool rando's server."
The reality is that if you ask someone to pay to shitpost on fedi, they'll cap the cost at "whatever it costs to self-host," which ain't much.