Yeah I’ll be even more extreme and say if you’re subscribing to Ivory and /not/ paying your instance admins at least as much, you need to fix that right fucking now.
@smp I tried, they wouldn't take anything >.<
@nothe @smp you can give it to me instead 😉
@smp @aurynn Thanks for the reminder. Just set it up so I’m giving the same amount to my instance as I am to Ivory.
@smp I am using Tusky. Does Ivory offer functionality that Tusky lacks?
@smp @darius good reminder. Just sent some money @trumpet ‘s way :)

@smp suspecting that this could be an unfortunately natural bias, I have a suggestion:

Apps should have easy admin donation built right into them, especially if they themselves are taking donations or subscriptions. Ideally it should be conspicuously advertised along with any in-app donation interface.

@smp paying my instance 4x what I paid for Ivory.
@smp Ivory is subscription model? For what?
@condalmo @smp to let the developers eat while getting a nice client. It's not the only way but it's always nice to support the things you like
@smp @donmelton Damn, I have no idea how I forgot the Mastadon project has a Patreon. brb
@smp what do you think is the monthly cost of running an instance?
@smp @Adora is there an easy way to accomplish this?
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@Adora thanks! Definitely something that needs to pop up in our feeds more often!
@smp it is a bit weird in fairness. There aren’t that many apps that ask for a subscription. And then there’s the actual instance, which is all metered behind the scenes.
@smp @aral good point. @Floppy i think that’s you… have you got a way we can contribute?
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@smp @brentley I needed to hear this. Thank you.