Gregory's Servereverybody has a plan until they {get punched in the mouth, scale beyond the host’s free tier}
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@990000 the double edged sword of things being popular because they’re free and popular things going away because they got too popular to be free  thing becomes popular because it’s free to use ♻️ popular thing goes away because it’s now too expensive to run  @zachleat https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/don_t_be_a_free_user/ is useful wisdom on this from a decade or so ago |
@zachleat I've always hated this.
Also it feels like such an allegory of Twitter and Facebook and even The New York Times. It even applies to the advertising model being all fun and games... until it's not.