> Each user runs a server process, locally or on a remote machine. Mastodon (and similar services) would benefit greatly from (a) requiring users to own their

> Each user runs a server process, locally or on a remote machine. Mastodon (and similar services) would benefit greatly from (a) requiring users to own their own instances, via commoditized hosting providers, (b) one-click or few-clicks transition between hosting providers, and (c) enabling serverless-style pricing. Requiring users to own their own instances safeguards users from admin-shutdown. Ease of migration safeguards users from poor hosting providers. Serverless-style pricing (e.g. pay per federated message, not by CPU) reduces the financial barrier to entry for new and lite users who are not yet fully committed users.