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kosama, 1 month ago

@rbos @EverlastongOS that's the only thing I don't understand. If it's lifetime sub, how do they fund their costs from your usage after?

Host providers don't have a one-time payment lifetime subscription for bandwidth usage. Eventually you will surpass the bandwidth cost of your lifetime sub and they'd be losing money keeping you. Something doesn't feel right.

kosama, 1 month ago

@b_n
For me, it boils down to this: relying solely on cash injections to scale up seems short-sighted. Bandwidth costs are often underestimated, especially for high-quality video streaming. If users' lifetime costs outweigh bandwidth expenses, the injection could turn into a liability. I'm concerned about the sustainability of their model. Unlike a ski-lift company that generates revenue from various sources (food, merch, rentals).

Maybe my hosting knowledge is just too old school.

kosama, 1 month ago

@rbos yea, that sounds similar to what a lot of these monopolistic internet companies do. But eventually the bill is due.

If they can't scale up with what they got, then maybe it isn't profitable. But what I'm understanding is that they're using "Lifetime Users" as a gamble to grow.

hmmm.. maybe I just don't like private infrastructure, but I'm at odds with this model. But if the users understand that the bubble can burst, then I wish them luck.

kosama, 11 months ago

@BrooklynMan @snipeftw that’s unfortunate, a sign to upgrade my phone to table leveler lol
(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

kosama, 11 months ago

@remram @pumpkin same… but I guess it doesn’t surprise me as google basically kills anything reasonably good.

kosama, 11 months ago

@jason123santa @CapnAssHolo and me from a different platform

kosama, 11 months ago

@Mojo @KahunaDaKine on the same page, was initially bummed out my account didn't get approved, guess my answer was poo lol. But then I remembered I can use my Mastodon account to comment. I just can't create post or downvote them.
Favoriting counts as a upvote though.

So I'm basically a lurker now lmfao! (ʘ‿ʘ)

kosama, 11 months ago

@pinwurm @manned_meatball I wonder if if Nvidia Video Upscaling and similar tech could also help 480p videos turn HD. That could help bandwidth reduction but it isn't a solution as much as a workaround.

I think the day will come when YouTube caps uploads or stops them entirely. Maybe limiting user's uploads for videos that don't get high viewership. Eventually this model can't go on forever, I can't even comprehend how it's profitable currently.

kosama, 11 months ago

@beatniak @blank_sl8 recently many yt-dlp User Interfaces stopped working, I couldn't download certain videos. So maybe the cat and mouse is about to begin.

kosama, 11 months ago

@ram @Pechente but there business model is suspicious. They introduced a lifetime membership, how would that cover their bandwidth costs for those users?
Unless they're trying to grow the platform fast and hope for a buy out. But then any prior promises would likely be changed/revoked.

kosama, 11 months ago

@OsrsNeedsF2P I never looked that into the leaks. Like another article said it doesn't defeat encryption on chat apps but encryption means nothing if someone is already looking over your shoulder before you even hit send.

I think the Notepad++ dev put it best in his conclusion.

"Just like knowing the lock is useless for people who are willing to go into my house, I still shut the door and lock it every morning when I leave home. We are in a f**king corrupted world, unfortunately."

kosama, 11 months ago

@jaykay @kamasupra sorta… like I’m replying via my Mastodon account. Currently there isn’t post creation, though some googling has shown that it’s something they’re working towards.

But you basically copy the Fediverse Logo Link of a post and paste it on search in your mastodon client. It appears as a toot and you can comment; Lemmy will display it natively like this comment.

Favoriting the post on Mastodon counts as an upvote.

Communities appear as group accounts.

kosama, 11 months ago

@garfaagel @inspxtr I think he’s saying that if you use open standards on closed source/“if it ain’t broke” systems? Kinda like how Apple mostly takes from Open Source with little give back to the communities it benefits from??

kosama, 11 months ago

@Art3sian I'll never forget when I had to tap the "X" on Twitterrific... Soon I'll do the same to Apollo....
(｡ŏ﹏ŏ)

kosama, 11 months ago

@if_you_can_keep_it @Rogueren Assuming that one Federated Service is the end all be all user experience for what you’d like to share can hurt many. In Mastodon I kept seeing people (during the Twitter Exodus) who wanted multi-sever posting to each local feed under one account. Like Lemmy’s cross site posts, not sure if Lemmy lets you cross post multiple times to different communities. But some basically wanted Mastodon to work like Lemmy and FB Groups.

e.g. Main Post -> Community 1, Community 2

kosama, 11 months ago

@yogthos I always get blown away when people make art in CSS. Just anything pure css is mind blowing.