You might also be able to do even the original setup for non-trivially cheaper (albeit still expensive) by just offering a lower wage? Given that for most of the time they can be doing whatever they want on their own computer (except porn, evidently; what’s so bad about that anyway :P ) and that you were able to find 5 people at the current rate, I’d guess you could fill the position with someone(s) you’re happy with at 10% or even 20% less.
You might even be able to drop the price to effectively 0. Find two other people that are interested in this type of service, and perform the service for each other by sitting in a triangular formation. (If you’re not already working at the same location, there are travel costs though. The person not traveling might need to pay the two other people to fix that.)
You might also be able to do even the original setup for non-trivially cheaper (albeit still expensive) by just offering a lower wage? Given that for most of the time they can be doing whatever they want on their own computer (except porn, evidently; what’s so bad about that anyway :P ) and that you were able to find 5 people at the current rate, I’d guess you could fill the position with someone(s) you’re happy with at 10% or even 20% less.
You might even be able to drop the price to effectively 0. Find two other people that are interested in this type of service, and perform the service for each other by sitting in a triangular formation. (If you’re not already working at the same location, there are travel costs though. The person not traveling might need to pay the two other people to fix that.)