I'm running a small instance just for myself and a friend. We basically use it to access the Lemmy fediverse.
I was under the impression that our instance would not download imagery that was not hosted on it but the pict-rs "files" directory ended up with 45 gig of data which ultimately filled up the VPS storage space.
Is there a command that I can automate to prune this regularly or does anyone have a solution?
I think it's definitely reasonable to expect that the app will continue to improve and there is no lifetime charge that would cover that.
The time is now to encourage and support development of the things you like and that also includes your favorite Lemmy instance itself.