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How is Lemmy going to make money? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by buda@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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If the reddit exodus happens and Lemmy gets even 2% of reddit's daily active users, how will Lemmy sustain the increased traffic? I know donations are an option, but I don't think long term donations will be sustainable. Most users will never donate.

I know the goal of Lemmy isn't to make money, but I know that servers and storage costs add up quickly. Not to mention the development costs.

I would love to hear the plans for how to offset those costs in the future?

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[–] Viktorian@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Even if you spend all of that on salaries and everybody earns the same, 4k€/month for a software dev job for example seems low in central Europe. That's not even 50k a year. Some companies offer between 60 and 80k for entry level positions. You need closer to twice that much to be remotely sustainable with 7.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I guess France is not part of central Europe because 80k(even employer cost) for entry level position I never heard about it

Even 4k isn't that easy to get at the beginning

And 4k (employer cost) is in the end like 2100e after all taxes

[–] Viktorian@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I don't know about France. I live in one of your neighbouring countries and as a graduate or even undergrad software dev you won't have a hard time finding a job that pays 60k+. 80k+ is rare but definitely also exists.

Edit: And yea all of these are pre tax obviously. The cost of living is also quite high though. For example in some places over here rent for even a small flat is 1k or more.

[–] Edo78@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I live in Italy and here a 50k€ job is considered on the very high end for a senior developer. It means around 2500€/month net and keep in mind that the medium job in Italy is just a bit less than 34k

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