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Servers are cheap and computers are fast. This site appears to be hosted on Neocities: a platform with a generous free tier that doesn't profit off user data.
by knowledge-clay 5y ago
Servers are cheap and computers are fast. This site appears to be hosted on Neocities: a platform with a generous free tier that doesn't profit off user data.
- nowherebeen 5y agoIf you are operating a small website, sure. Most business aren’t. How does Neocities earn money if no one is footing the bill? Free tiers are a marketing strategy, not a business model.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoThere really is no reason businesses need to run colossal bloated websites. That's mostly the result of technical ignorance from business owners. No ignorance is inevitable.
- selfhoster11 5y agoIf your business is growing beyond Neocities, then you're likely profitable enough to pay for a $5 WordPress VPS.
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoCheap is not free. People are putting in the work on Neocities to make sure the platform stays up, reachable, and free of abuse. There's regular stories of open-source maintainers burning out due to the support burden. If you're not paying for the service, then the service owners will raise money some other way or stop offering the service. Today, that way is ads and data mining.