Very sad to hear but totally understandable. Unfortunately, this will make the centralization of lemmy world even worse.

How much effort is it actually to host a small instance? I am thinking about hosting one mostly for my self. Mainly because I am interested in the technology. Also my country doesn’t have one so that could be a topic too if there is some interest. But hearing this I am not so sure anymore. I can’t put many hours into it each week just to keep it running.

thats a really cool feature, and had no idea it existed. +1

My company is making exactly the same mistake right now. I simply can’t understand how a European company can still make itself so dependent on Microsoft at this point. We Devs have raised the issue to our bosses, but there are still a lot of old MS fanboys around. Some people have to learn it the hard way.

S08 of Two and a Half Men, before Charlie died. It was okay after but just not the same anymore.

always give a bad rating and if possible create a support request. let them know.