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Nope, they are being paid now. They receive an immense amount of donations now, enough to likely make a solid monthly income. Take a look at their liberapay page if you don't believe me. I understand that to a degree, but it only goes so far. When they are actively ignoring safety features despite its urgency in spite of that fact is difficult to justify.
I took a look. "Lemmy receives US$392.03 per week from 287 patrons."
Approximately $850 per month each. Is that a solid income? Lots of developers are making $850 per day!
The license agreement clearly places this onus on the instance operators. If they cannot commit to those terms, why did they accept the agreement? It is not like someone holds a gun to your back and forces you to start a Lemmy instance.
850/day? That's crack smoking money. Where do I sign up for this?!
For the record that's sarcasm and the comment is bullshit. The average salary for a developer in the USA is 140,000$, https://www.salary.com/research/salary/listing/senior-software-developer-salary
The comment's math would mean developers are making roughly 306,000/year. More than double the actual average.
In fairness, 392.03 a week averages out to 18,817.44 which is also not in that range.
850 X 5 X 52 = 221,000.
Strange to add weekends into your maths.
I did 850 x 30 x 12 usual salary math. But I was also sleep deprived so perhaps not the best choice.