Trtl is the only thing that has worked for me.

So abrasive. What you said is not in competition with the parent comment, so why the “no”? You mean to say “yes and” because we need both user engagement and longevity.

I love the idea of Lemmy itself being FOSS but individual instances and apps being a competitive marketplace of for profit businesses.

That way profitable entities with skin in the game can contribute back to the core, as can anyone, while ensuring the communities exist on servers that actually have some kind of monetization.