Infosec.Exchange, Infosec.Pub, and Fedia.io (and all other Fedi projects run by Jerry) are funded by donations too. AFAIK, it is working well for the moment.

Yeah I have the APP2. Noise canceling is very good, but I feel like they don’t stay in my ears. My pixel buds never came out, but the APP2 regularly do.

If you’re willing to do the full VPS route like it seems, check out Hetzner. In my experience, it has higher resources at a lower cost than other providers like DO.