it's free on my own server though
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It has a cost association though.
As long as your server has a CDN attached to it...
Personal servers tend to be extremely slow. All your followers need to wait 1-3 seconds to see your images while everything else is quite instant. You don't notice, but all your followers do.
I have loads of stuffs on my home server already, I'll just push my own shitposting content there too, it's just so satisfying, my followers would understand