Docs: Shorten README.md

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would be a mistake to state there will be no costs, because clearly we have huge expenses, your server hardware
will have a price tag and then maybe you'd like to have some extra features that need to be developed.
It's fair to say that users with basic needs will have no monthly costs. We were also way more effective
per dollar than investor-backed startups and learned a lot on top of it.
An earlier version of this document contained a rough number, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter.
Most established OSS companies make the bulk of their revenue with enterprise customers, that's why private users
and single developers typically get everything for free. Obviously that doesn't work if you have only private users
that refuse to share their data on top of it.
Looking forward, specific solutions for funding development and maintenance could be to...
- provide additional benefits to our sponsors
- sell a tested & supported version in the app store while our contributors and other developers can
continue to use Docker or build from source
- develop a one-click solution for private cloud hosting together with selected providers we trust
- offer a geodata, public events, and maps subscription since OpenStreetMap doesn't want us to use their development
API for production, which is perfectly fine
## Donations ##
You're most welcome to support us via [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/lastzero),
especially if you have feature requests or need help with using our software.
In addition, you can find us on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/photoprism)