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?
The donations to Lemmy.world have been enough in the first 2 months to last at least 6 months. I’ve been getting donations for mastodon.world since November, combining those I have enough for the next year. I don’t see a problem yet.