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Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I decided to host my own because I was on lemmy.world and we got blocked by beehaw, which had many of the communities I wanted to be a part of. I run mine on a server that's in my house, so the only thing I'm paying for is electricity. And I have solar panels.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    How difficult is it to host your own instance? Can you still use apps like Connect with it?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    It was really annoying to set up if I'm being honest. If I hadn't taken classes on Docker, I would have never figured it out. Luckily they have been improving the process recently. It already much easier now than it was a week ago. Hopefully by the next major release it is easy peasy.

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