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TheLurker , 1 year ago Some people may monitize by having paid for subscriptions, like email. Others will offer free services with banner ads on their site, like email. Others will offer the service as a way to drive traffic and adoption of other services they offer, like email. Others will run them at their own cost because they want to, like email. Companies will run their own instances, like email. Notice a trend here. For all of you who think the Fediverse is doomed because “ermegurd not platform, is gonna fail”. Umm, email?
Some people may monitize by having paid for subscriptions, like email.
Others will offer free services with banner ads on their site, like email.
Others will offer the service as a way to drive traffic and adoption of other services they offer, like email.
Others will run them at their own cost because they want to, like email.
Companies will run their own instances, like email.
Notice a trend here. For all of you who think the Fediverse is doomed because “ermegurd not platform, is gonna fail”. Umm, email?