Mastodawn

So uh, apparently $288/year is not enough to run a Mastodon service for ~3 users, and this is a known issue (https://masto.host/mastodon-content-retention-settings/) with no solution (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/19260)?!

I just want to own my identity. On Bluesky, it takes a TXT record and a did:plc rotation key. A PDS takes like $25/yr. For $300/yr you can run a whole-network relay.

Also, it's unclear if I can move to non-Mastodon software without losing all my posts, despite owning the domain??

And this ecosystem sneers at atproto?

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Raphael Lullis

@filippo

Unless someone is offering managed PDS for $2/month, the comparison is not really fair, is it?

Anyways, if you are willing to accept working with beta-level software, soon (TM) I will be offering hosting for https://activitypub.mushroomlabs.com, which will bring down the operational costs of smaller instances (because it allows multiple domains to share the same infra)

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