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Meetup introduced a reservation fee, so people looked for alternatives. This happened almost at the same time COVID-19 broke out.

Not a fan of meetup but there’s no reservation fee in place. You can host free meetups like you always could.

I’m in two meetup groups that have regular meetings and attendees pay nothing.

IIRC they backed down but it was too late already. Competitors such as Event Brite had already eaten their lunch.