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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2019 01:05:41 EDT Strypey

   A year ago, #Sandstorm had to shut down free accounts on their #Oasis service because there weren't enough paid accounts to cross-subsidize them:
   https://sandstorm.io/news/2018-08-27-discontinuing-free-plan

   Now they've announced they're shutting it down for good:
   https://sandstorm.io/news/2019-09-15-shutting-down-oasis

   Sadly, this kind of thing rather undermines the 'users are willing to pay if the host is free code and ethical' proposition.

   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2019 09:02:20 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      @strypey I think it's rather that there are several Linux container projects and most people know only of #Docker and #OpenVZ. #Sandstorm is relatively unknown, and Oasis is the primary place to host it.
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      Hopefully, if Sandstorm shuts down entirely, they'll create a migration path to other containers and hosting.