think of the fediverse like social media parallel to email. you can create your account on someone else's service (e.g. gmail or yahoo) or self-host your own se

think of the fediverse like social media parallel to email. you can create your account on someone else's service (e.g. gmail or yahoo) or self-host your own service. Nothing is preventing a server from putting ads in their service. It would be like protonmail or gmail jamming ads down your throat. but because it federated like email, you can leave. its not centralized, but its still owned instances.