Hardware-wise there may be better phones, but from a software standpoint… hmm… I haven’t been able to find any other phone with a stock-like experience, and no bloat.

Probably. That’s the best case scenario.

But moderation is expensive and time-consuming, and we cannot just hope that volunteers will do it for free for such a risky market.

Lack of moderation (given that any evil actor can spin up an instance and interact with other instances) can lead to scams, phishings, or even worse.

I’m not saying that Facebook’s moderation is much better, but at least you can look up a profile and get a sense if they’re a “real” person or not.

It’s harder to laugh it out of court when the plaintiff is in the government himself.

Paramount also owns Pluto TV which is completely free and I love them for that.