I think that sounds like a really good idea, if you want to get corporate- and government hosted instances on board. What keeps most of them away from free software is that they can't write a contract with anyone with clear boundaries and guarantees. If Mastodon offers these types of contracts, it would help the adoption rate.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What keeps most of them away from free software is that they can’t write a contract with anyone with clear boundaries and guarantees.

They can. There are plenty of companies offering Mastodon hosting.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Paging @paige@fedihost.co

[–] andypiper@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

We are big fans of them!

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mastodon isn’t different than any other software, anybody with a half-way experienced IT department could spin up an instance. This sounds like it’s more for small organizations and individuals.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Any company with experienced IT staff could do 80% of SaaS themselves, but they don't because it's a huge headache to maintain and issues can easily balloon costs. The bean counters much prefer fixed cost contracts most of the time