Why Lichess will always be free

Re:Why Lichess will always be free by sillysaurusx on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:42AM (#26912117)

Uh, $55k a year is not cheap! What world... Ok, it's late, I'll hold back the rest of my words. :)

I think you were saying it's cheap relative to the impact it has. I agree. But "holy hell that's expensive" is an entirely accurate reaction for someone who wants to fund it out of pocket.

(Gwern covers our TPU/ML infrastructure costs for around $350/mo, and I wince that I wasn't able to optimize it cheaper.)

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by jpeter on Friday April 23, 2021 @01:23PM (#26916988)

55k is just the cost of the server. The total cost is 400k

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by sillysaurusx on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:34PM (#26918320)

Holy guacamole, I didn't scroll down far enough. Thank you for pointing this out.

"French taxes" is $53k, which is nearly equal to their server fees. Wow.

Props to them for however they manage to get $400k/yr for a free project with no business model, and no intended business model. (I'm serious; it's a wonderful thing for the world, and a tremendous example of what people can achieve without having a monetary focus.)

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