I respect his opinion but don't like this:
https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/117548461064620475
If someone is willing to fight this fight it should be encouraged!
It can be hard, yeah, especially starting out. But it's possible.
And every small site that goes online and stays online makes it easier for the next site.
Nov 3, 2026, 11:31 PM@aaron Yes saying that you shouldn't manage your own stuff doesn't help. I have been managing my own mail server for 20 years. It's harder because of all the new stuff, but it still works. Main issue is mailing lists though. But even with mailing lists on the same mail server we still get through to gmail, outlook and others, using an IP from a public VPS provider, so not the best reputation.
If everyone stops, then it will sure be impossible to do without the large ISPs... :-(