Idea for paid fediverse apps, like @ivory and @apps: Set aside a small amount of the price and give that money to the hosts of the servers your users are using.
This obviously means you will need to collect data about which servers are being used with your clients, which should be opt-in. Still the same percentage should be set aside for this from all sales, and divided among the servers used by those who opt in.
@forteller
My server has a donation link. I think that is a better option than a small percentage of an already cheap product. Plus, I'd have to share my (private) instance info with the maker of the app.
@pkoopmanpk Since only a small handful of apps are paid I'm obviously not arguing for all instances to only rely on this income. And as I mentioned sharing your data should be opt-in (and anonymous, obviously).