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Do note that Root seems to be VC funded just like discord so that might just be the same thing happening later down the line.
Stoat isn't federated so they also have the issue of running costs but they do seem to have that figured out already (currently donation funded, apparently some user friendly plans on how to deal with costs should they exceed the incoming donation)