Having said that, is it really the end of the world if large Lemmy instances have ads to make up for any shortfall in donations? Otherwise, how are large instances expected to be sustainable long term, especially if they’re going to ever reach the kinds of traffic Reddit sees?
We should never have ads.
We should simplify the process for lemmy servers to display how much the servers are costing monthly, how much funds are coming in monthly, and the way for people to donate monthly.