If you host your own instance, you have full control. If you don't host your own instance, then whoever hosts it for you has control (as they are the admin for

If you host your own instance, you have full control. If you don't host your own instance, then whoever hosts it for you has control (as they are the admin for your instance). This means you tradeoff someone administrating the server and moderating content (shared instances often have a TOS) for full freedom. i.e. If you self host you have full, manual control for better or worse.