@ErikJonker Have they considered using more resource friendly #Fediverse alternatives than #Mastodon? There's plenty of choices available, and it seems pretty much all of them do a better job of staying relatively cheap.
The article also includes talk about #PeerTube, and hosting video is known to be rather expensive compared to hosting, well, just text and some images. It would be interesting to see more details on the costs and how it is attributed to each service.