I disagree wholeheartedly with you that financial success is a direct measure of popularity, but I think we’ll just be talking past each other on that. If you were referring to their financial success, I think that’s what you should have said to make your point, as that’s not at all what I took from your original comment. I’m very done with this though, because I really don’t care anymore. Cheers.
I’m not sure how much you’re willing to write off as “basically free”, but electricity does add up for running your own server.