[franciscop]

Another totally fair point, love to get proven wrong (:

I am from Spain where the minimum salary is around 700$ and has 40% of young people unemployment, however it's not poor compared to most other countries and the hosting cost is considered cheap.

I don't know what could they do where the hosting cost is significative. Do ad networks scale prices depending on the country served?

I think that's the ugly side of global capitalism as the answer is they shouldn't launch sites then.

Maybe they could try to join several groups to share the expenses. Any other ideas (besides advertising)?