When instances get older, they can become harder to maintain due to storage and high usage issues with risks of donations drying up.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialM
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    6 months ago

    Currently, it deletes all media (after 12 months) and serves the media from the origin instance instead.

    I’ve gone about as far as I can with the technical fixes, IMO it’s now more of a question of a ‘business model’ for want of a better term.

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      6 months ago

      In gaming there’s been lots of software tricks to squeeze more graphics out of limited hardware (Uncharted 4 on base ps4) but yes it’s important to motivate folks to donate more since there’s enough money for FOSS projects.