Then if running a docker container isn't an option search through the multitudes of alternate instances and select one that agrees with your moderation policy. I'm sure there are plenty of 'freeze-peach' instances out there, for a while at least the infamous GAB was a part of the fedi, though I think they got pretty universally banished right off the bat.

Fedi platforms have a key distinction putting them separate from most other online platforms in that you can literally create your own and have all the rights of a platform admin today, and have access to the very same content as you would having an account on another's node. In that regard there's much less room to complain about unilateral actions by the instance owner than there would be for other systems. As the size of an instance grows you run a greater risk any time you take such an action, but so long as it's consistent with past behavior it shouldn't be a major problem. Large instances like .world have made some cuts that ruffled a few feathers and then backed them off if people objected, but sometimes direct democracy isn't particularly viable in what might be a time sensitive situation.

Should not, wonder if there's any adguard/pihole lists to smack OneDrive/box/Dropbox/etc domains and just take these services out before they can start.

Someone pulled that formula straight out their ass

Plugging a modem into the POTS made them smart I say.

It changes over extended time spans on the order of generations, and I might say it's cyclical but it's hard to see in a given lifetime.

In the early 1900s USA people where held at the absolute mercy of the wealthy, working long hours in wretched conditions for a pittance.

During and shortly after the WW1 & WW2 there was a massive push for unity and worker rights, the unions took shape and the working class took a large chunk of power away from the owners to better their standing.

In the 50s-70s there was a time of keeping pace with the neighbors, competitive but also concerned with the well-being of your fellow people.

Then from the 80s through early 2000s it switched and became a hyper individualistic 'I got mine' mindset.

In the last couple decades we've started to see a return to a push for collective good, but it has been held back a lot by a heavily divided population with half blaming the other half for the decay of society while those with means just sit back and watch the sniping from afar.

I've only been around for those last couple portions so a lot of my perspective is just my impressions from history books, but I guess the point I'd make is to look at the ebb and flow of things in historical context. People's willingness to defer to power is both personal and couched in the willingness of society to support the individual.

I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called "Bring Back the Porn!"

Makes sense, I'm so accustomed to making virtual machines and such that it becomes just a thing but inevitably at some point admin access was required to create the hypervisor, the vnic, a virtual switch, etc. Without that restriction a piece of malware could readily exfiltrate data past a local protection by just making it's own new pathway through on the fly or any number of other unpleasant things.

Not in a way that I've really followed up on after, but bringing up the next 'class' in the sense of giving the new folks those tricks that are not in the books and letting them take over where you left off happens a lot in my work. I suspect people do so more than they know every day though. Sometimes all it takes is to sell someone on the idea that they can do the thing that they're not so sure of.

I do know I've been on the receiving end of it though.

I recall using an app way back when I used to root and haxor all the mobiles that would do this. Kind of a virtualbox for the Nexus phones/tablets, but it needed root to do it. Will have to look into this, would be interesting if it can do so in user space somehow.

Edit: Damn, still needs root. Was a longshot to be able to hook into system resources without it but was hoping for some bridge function.

I'm sure thoughts are influenced by the fact that the company I work for has a sizable presence there, but the very broad view I've developed is 'outsourcing superpower'. It rarely seems that India is the owner or originator of things, but they end up doing a massive amount in supporting companies from the USA during what is our night hours. They also seem to have an exceptional dedication to their work despite from what I've seen the managers being kinda over-the-top with the demands on them.

I used to work with a young woman who left one of the wealthy families there to get out of an arranged marriage who had all kinds of interesting tales on how things worked there. Talked a bit about their 'gold room's where they stored all their savings and if they needed extra cash would just shave off a piece from a brick.