depending on jurisdiction they can’t just arbitrarily raise rates

Gatekeeping the Fediverse? Cringe

Precisely! I try to comment and post partly for the purpose of generating activity

Reddit didn’t always have that, and Lemmy I think is in many ways meant to resemble Reddit before the introduction of user-focused features. Kbin has the option though.

I make an effort to comment on interesting posts or links I appreciate! But I haven’t had much in terms of inspiration to post (might be because I don’t have reliable desktop access rn).