If you think the only reason to use a self-hosted social network is if you want to circumvent the laws, you're making the same argument as only wanting privacy if you've got something to hide. YouTube ran an algorithm to delete "extremist videos" and accidentally irreversibly deleted a bunch of historical evidence of destruction of Syrian historical sites. Shit like that happens all the time when someone else is in charge.
Youtube Continues To Hurt Independent Animators, Bans Award-Winning Animated Short

Youtube's poorly-regulated and selectively-enforced policies continue to hurt filmmakers.

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Link me a few more cases like this and I might be able to put together a Medium article about the dangers of centralized monopolies
@Gargron an article about the dangers of centralized monopolies on Medium would likely spontaneously combust
@djsundog Wouldn't make my job easier if I was fighting everything at once, it's still a net good
@Gargron leaded gasoline was considered a net good for a long ass time (but I fully support your choosing which battles to fight and agree that your time would be poorly spent railing against Medium with your current workload)
@Gargron the producers should have stuck to gratuitous bloody carnage, that always gets a pass.