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Re:Tunnl.gg by rishikeshs on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:31AM (#46146399)
How are you able to host it for free?
Re:Tunnl.gg by klipitkas on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:40AM (#46146481)
I am paying for it out of pocket. Its free for you to use, but not for me to host it :)
Re:Tunnl.gg by zarzavat on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:04AM (#46146694)
The question is, how is it sustainable? Nobody likes being rug pulled. Why not charge money for it?

I'd rather pay a few dollars for a service that will be around 5 years from now, than pay nothing and have to deal with churn.

Re:Tunnl.gg by klipitkas on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:40AM (#46146996)
I can't promise anything this is a pet project. I might turn it into an open source project, and I might also provide some kind of service for a few bucks if it gets traction.
Re:Tunnl.gg by shadows1 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:58AM (#46146642)
Good luck with your future mim data sniffing or selective takeovers, I guess? Not sure what the business model would be, unless you’re planning on injecting ads, which would be funny.
Re:Tunnl.gg by hashworks on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:05AM (#46146701)
Why does everything have to be a business model?
Re:Tunnl.gg by charlie-83 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:28AM (#46146900)
Unless the author is insanely rich, they probably don't want to spend increasingly large amounts on hosting unless they have a way to make money back (even if it's just to break even).
Re:Tunnl.gg by klipitkas on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:41AM (#46147003)
I am not rich and I don't need to be to keep this service up and running at least for the near future.
Re:Tunnl.gg by pcthrowaway on Thursday December 04, 2025 @09:21AM (#46147947)
To keep this up and running for 2-3 years, you probably do need to be rich, or to find a way to monetize.

It's possible when it gets to be a drain, even charging pennies for the service could drive off the bad actors making it unsustainable though.

Re:Tunnl.gg by klipitkas on Thursday December 04, 2025 @12:03PM (#46149878)
For the foreseeable future and unless there is massive abuse, which I am trying to contain, it will remain free.
Re:Tunnl.gg by Fokamul on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:23AM (#46146851)
...", Russian FSB manager, 2025
Re:Tunnl.gg by klipitkas on Thursday December 04, 2025 @07:43AM (#46147018)
Thanks, but I don't have such plans, lol.