They started using v3 onion very early, always Tor-friendly. They started to accept XMR early, not only BTC. You guys are basically right, though: their jokes are dirty & a bit tasteless (though perhaps related to freedom of speech). This service is not for normal users anyway.

Don’t worry. You can’t sign up even if you want to. It’s invite-only now like RiseUp.

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Firefox is usable with some tweaks and not that evil, even though sponsored by Google. But many people feel that they can’t believe Firefox like 10 years ago.

Some users feel it’s so wrong that they have forked the project: LibreWolf, which seems a good option too.

Pixelfed?

Don’t. · Issue #28

https://monero.town/post/191124

What Happens if an Instance Disappears?

I may be wrong, but one potential problem in such a case might be that (not you’d totally lose your data but on the contrary) you won’t be able to delete your posts etc. even if you want to delete them, since its copy is “mirrored” by many other instances. Not sure though.