Replying to Avatar The Fishcake (nostr.build)

Good point, but we need some free tier to get at least basic pics onto nostr. As for pay per upload, can be done but requires time to implement it and have no idea if it will pay for itself. Remember, the most expensive part of the service is human labor, and at the current levels there is no way it will be able to pay for that. It is fine short term to gain some users and features. Hope that sort of answers some of your questions 🐶🐾🫡
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mrecheese 🧀 1y ago

I agree, a free tier is needed to get started. And you're right about a watermark being intrusive for that service, also. I just worry that so many of the things we enjoy will become unsustainable. People have to get used to the idea of paying if they don't want to eventually become the product.

It's interesting as a user to get perspective on these things. The ongoing human costs aren't as obvious as operating costs like hosting. Someone should do a "day in the life of a FOSS service" documentary...

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) 1y ago

Yes! Underlying cost of infra includes human costs of the infra provider, but the cost of the labor that makes use of that infra is rarely considered short term. Obviously if things and user base scales, it will be able to cover labor, otherwise it’s mostly a child of love and passion 🐶🐾🫂🤣

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mrecheese 🧀 1y ago

Well in that case, I hope your love child becomes a rock star and buys you a nice house in the country. 😂