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It is. We witness it almost every month here in the fediverse. But for the time being, unless more decentralized options like Briar, Simplex and Session become more accessible and reliable, a few federated options are the best we have available even if their server/node/instance admins carry too much power and responsibility over them.

It probably is. They just close registrations from time to time. But other smaller servers are usually a better choice.

There’s a couple of server lists I like to check.

• https://tatsumoto-ren.github.io/matrix/
• https://servers.joinmatrix.org/

Can’t believe the parental controls stance isn’t more widespread.

Probably the uncertainty of choosing a server and have it either vanish unexpectedly or it’s admins ban your account without prior warning or transparency, which is also pretty common here in the fediverse.

I always help onboard people choosing one or two longstanding servers they might like. The last time I told someone to just use the matrix.org server to begin (years ago) it had closed registrations two hours earlier. Never again. 😅