@jalefkowit @fedward As an instance owner, this. ️
Even for a ruby app, mastodon is a pain in the ass to run. It's comparatively expensive, my tiny <50 person instance costs about $40/mo. It's obnoxious to update. Administration and moderation are painful.
I only keep doing out of love of the community. I'm ready for someone to write a replacement. Better yet, we can all go back to our own personal pages + webmentions and scrap all this push-based nonsense.