{"id":1117,"date":"2026-02-07T12:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:54:43","slug":"on-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/on-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"On costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scootercam is free to watch. Running it is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the equipment on the beach &#8211; all of which was replaced this winter &#8211; Scootrcam&#8217;s administrative and operational costs are a fact of life. Most of these costs are uninteresting and unavoidable. They arrive monthly, seasonally, or precisely when something important stops working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing here is optimized for profit. There are no ads, no sponsors, and no attempt to extract value from attention. The goal is continuity, not growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support exists to keep the cameras online, the data intact, and the sunsets recorded without interruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Scootercam matters to you, support helps prevent gaps in the record. We&#8217;ve set up a Patreon account so supporters can pitch in for as little as $3\/month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cw\/Scootercam\">Help keep the cameras on.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scootercam is free to watch. Running it is not. Beyond the equipment on the beach &#8211; all of which was replaced this winter &#8211; Scootrcam&#8217;s administrative and operational costs are a fact of life. Most of these costs are uninteresting and unavoidable. They arrive monthly, seasonally, or precisely when something important stops working. Nothing here &#8230; <a title=\"On costs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/on-costs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about On costs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scootercam.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}