Or you can do both. I'm doing both 🤣. I'm paying to have access to nostr.land (apart from nostr:nprofile1qqsd6ejdteqpvse63ntf7qz6u9yqspp4z7ymt8094urzwm0x2ceaxxgprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qguwaehxw309a3ksunfwd68q6tvdshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvshskcpe2h, who kindly let me keep my old writer status on theforest.nostr1.com, nobody is giving me "free perks " on Nostr), while also maintaining free software for folks who want to run their own infrastructure.
nostr:nprofile1qqs8eseg5zxak2hal8umuaa7laxgxjyll9uhyxp86c522shn9gj8crspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgjwaehxw309ahx7um5wgerztnrdakj7qgkwaehxw309a3x2an09ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsvlnggv is also doing a great job in this space with relay.tools, which you can either self-host or pay to host. And nostr.wine has been around for ages. So basically, the more options we have on Nostr, the better.