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If someone uploads a photo or video, the server hosts it and sends to everyone.
Expensive
Isn't that how it's supposed to work? What's the alternate model?
I think they meant each server hosts the same files, not just the home server.
Here's how Fluxer plans on doing it: https://fluxer.app/blog/roadmap-2026#why-polyproto-and-not-matrix
Just don't federate, it isn't expensive then!
Can you choose to host it without video and limited image size?
You can limit upload size.
My continuwuity server running 1 user connected to 3 small rooms: 800MB ram 24h after a fresh restart
Of give each user like 50mb of space then make them use a link for God's sake