Of course, I don't want to exclude people from ad-free, privacy-centric software like ours — there shouldn't be a premium on it.
So the plan is to continue supporting cost-free publishing via:
- Self-hosting and communities running @writefreely, and
- Invite links, which you can use to give out Free accounts
Besides that, naturally, if you create an account before January 1 you won't have to worry about this — and you can help other people join by inviting them personally.