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No. Source: am a little guy. If you remember the early days of the Web, most sites then were small, free, and ad-free to boot. I'm still running the same person
by philipkglass 10y ago
No. Source: am a little guy. If you remember the early days of the Web, most sites then were small, free, and ad-free to boot. I'm still running the same personal/hobby web site I've had since 2000, still out of my own pocket, still without ads. The costs have fallen over time even as I've added much more content and switched to a VPS from a shared host.