Andrew on Nostr: Realistically, the ability for instances to financially support themselves by having ...

Realistically, the ability for instances to financially support themselves by having ads in their local home feed is going to be a pretty important option to have.

If we aim for Mastodon/Fediverse in general to keep growing, the donation-only model is not sustainable/feasible at all for the vast majority of instances, and neither is a "supported by pro memberships" model.

Having said that, the ads should absolutely be high quality and not involve user tracking.