Anyway, I don't see how you can see yourself as a "volunteer" and also be mad that people won't pay money. Feels sort of contradictory.
I think many purists at the center of the fediverse movement have expectations that align more with philanthropy. But if those folks actually talked to other philanthropic orgs, they would learn something pretty quickly. If you want people to give, you have to spend *a lot* of time telling a story that makes them want to do that.