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Mastodon has a new plan to make money: Hosting and support services for the open social web (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think that sounds like a really good idea, if you want to get corporate- and government hosted instances on board. What keeps most of them away from free software is that they can't write a contract with anyone with clear boundaries and guarantees. If Mastodon offers these types of contracts, it would help the adoption rate.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    What keeps most of them away from free software is that they can’t write a contract with anyone with clear boundaries and guarantees.

    They can. There are plenty of companies offering Mastodon hosting.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Mastodon isn’t different than any other software, anybody with a half-way experienced IT department could spin up an instance. This sounds like it’s more for small organizations and individuals.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Any company with experienced IT staff could do 80% of SaaS themselves, but they don't because it's a huge headache to maintain and issues can easily balloon costs. The bean counters much prefer fixed cost contracts most of the time

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