@Mainebot they're still hosted but i'm making the infrastructure as light and simple as possible, so the panel won't work and all that.
in the end i expect to keep only my instances and a few friends and stop the whole commercial side

@CobaltVelvet I guess that simplifies the whole invoicing thing too, if there is no real invoicing.

@Mainebot not really, that was very automated and i'll still charge people while instances are up (i'm still paying servers)

@Mainebot oh right *later*. yes.

@spudboy it is and I'm still open to it, but it will stay closed until that happens.

@danstonchat a bit of all of those - it's too much work, i don't have the energy to run a full business, and there it's not paying enough for me to live from it (it doesn't look like it would for a very long time, assuming expansion).

@CobaltVelvet @danstonchat thanks for trying though. The idea is still good, and I hope someone else will take it up.

@CobaltVelvet Thanks for the answer! Take care.

@woozle i'll certainly make them open-source someday, ping me sometime later if you want it before i take the time to clean and document it

@octobyte my instances will stay where they are, but i'll progressively move everyone else out and reduce the costs to a bare minimum (what's needed for octodon only basically)

@octobyte (hopefully they'll all get moved to new owners)

@kyzh @CobaltVelvet saaame. I know exactly how you feel <3

@menjaraz i'm burnt out

@rick_777 what no

maastodon was my mastodon hosting provider, and it's now at least temporarily closed

@CobaltVelvet
Oh...

Damn, that's sad :(