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Why Big Tech’s Lobbyists Are Targeting Self-Hosted Servers
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There's also an EULA that you have to check the box for before you download the server software that basically amounts to "I acknowledge and accept that Microsoft can shut this down whenever they want for no reason at all and I have no recourse if they decide to do that."