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Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www.xataka.com)
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[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That, and hosting & domains got expensive. It used to be a trivial cost to have a website, now the prices are all "introductory offers" with asterisks.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 23 points 10 months ago

I'd say yes but it also really depends where you go. I used to host Feddit.dk at DigitalOcean, it was expensive af for like no hardware at all. Now I use Hetzner instead and it feels reasonable, especially their server auction.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm just renewing a domain I don't want used for something else at this point. I'm not even paying for hosting.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Oh so YOU'RE the owner of ObsessedWithPlasticExistence.com

I'm flattered!

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Really? I'm paying $2 a month for hosting. Maybe you have bigger needs then

I use a free subdomain because I don't have professional needs

[–] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

$2?! I hope that you're paying for a server as well. My domain only charges me €8 a year!

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It's for the server, I don't have a domain, I use a free subdomain

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Change domain provider perhaps?