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minus-squareamzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago1$/user/year is an INSANE amount. Compared to delta.chat which costs 0,001€/user/year.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI’m very suspicious of that number, I suspect that’s the cost of a server and does not include any labor costs for server maintenance or dev salaries. Volunteer run programs are nice but also dev time is money.
minus-squareamzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 hours agoI mean… Session doesn’t have any other expenses right now. all paid staff and developers will have their final working day on April 9, 2026
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours ago… Which is why they’re ending the project if they don’t get funding…
1$/user/year is an INSANE amount. Compared to delta.chat which costs 0,001€/user/year.
I’m very suspicious of that number, I suspect that’s the cost of a server and does not include any labor costs for server maintenance or dev salaries.
Volunteer run programs are nice but also dev time is money.
I mean… Session doesn’t have any other expenses right now.
… Which is why they’re ending the project if they don’t get funding…