Server costs for large instances are a thing, and I think it’s a good idea to have an incentive for people to keep hosting them
Can leave it up to each instance how they want to monetise. A lot of instances have donations setup already, could get a “premium” account to help the upkeep of the instance you’re on and get rid of the ads
Also if people really hate them adblock exists
I probably won’t, am learning rust because it seems like a cool language but don’t get me wrong I don’t like ads, nobody does. Just generally people doing stuff like this out of the goodness of their hearts seems too good to last