Hi there @Terminality!
While I am sure Glitch are appreciative of the fact you took the time to send them this suggestion, after all, they are business and have to make money. Here’s why it isn’t feasible to allow 24/7 apps for free, even if it’s just for Discord Bots:
You see, Glitch banned pinging for two reasons: stability and costs. Making a new website won’t help these matters much. For example, Glitch would still need to use (if not hire more) servers from Amazon Web Services (which are pretty expensive) and then make a brand new Glitch, just for Discord. It just doesn’t make sense. Though I love the idea of them providing 24/7 hosting for free for Discord developers, or any developers for that matter, there is just no way they can do it without blowing the budget or having downtime all the time from people pinging and keeping stuff online. That’s why they made Boosted Apps - a way for them to allow you to have your apps online and other perks, while being able to pay the bills (AWS Bills 
) and keep the platform usable with no downtime like we experienced in the past. There’s just too many people wanting free hosting for it to be possible to provide.
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