@palllyyy There are some unspoken assumptions, for example that instances are run either by Mastodon GmbH or random volunteers/enthusiasts. Meanwhile my instance, for example, is run by Purism, a hardware manufacturer focused on privacy and free (as in freedom) software. There's an instance run by European Commission (ec.social-network.europa.eu). Mozilla used to have its own instance (they are closing it though). And so on...