I believe in co-op instance management solution like beehaw uses.

$2.00/year would mean i would require 200 active paying users per year. thats not too bad

the world as it is with its twitter/reddit is survivor bias. so many other social media sites have come and gone, why would the fediverse be any different?

eventually it will be instances who solved for the long-term problems of financial solubility and technical maintenance requirements.