Dbzero seemed good until they mentioned anarchism and anti-right-wing directives which means it's a leftist-first instance and that's a no-go even if I do support their cause.
Back in 2014 you just bought a spare and replaced it, nowadays they all want to play the same bullshit games Apple innovated on. It was was about time an authority that ruled over a market with significant purchasing power made a decision against it.
I enjoyed helping this place grow and doing my part to discuss here but I disagree with this decision and I'm going to evaluate looking for a different home instance.
give it content and legitimacy and server capacity
by concentrating said content and legitimacy within their walled garden servers. Then they perform the rug pull and shut the gates closed, they have all the content and we have nothing.
I have nothing against Canada itself but it being a US core ally means it's not safe for piracy.