Are there any lists that have been compiled of decent alternatives? I know about Bongino's payment processor, but I'm not sure it looks super-robust or well thought out.
Also, can Cloudflare be trusted? They seem to be much more committed to free speech than everyone else, but there are some worrying signs. My site shouldn't be super-controversial, but I certainly don't trust it with Stripe or DO these days.
Wow, I haven't heard of any of those. Do you know if BuyVM, Vultr and Hetzner are free-speech oriented, or are they just obscure enough not to get targeted?
BuyVM is pretty strong on free speech, you can find multiple treads about it on lowendtalk, like these: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/167840/free-speech-vps-kvn-hosting-for-both-right-wing-and-left-wing-dissident-content/p1 https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/164583/free-speech-hosting-dedicated-server/p1 (Francisco = BuyVM)
Also a plus with BuyVM: free DirectAdmin license for your VPS.
Vultr and Hetzner are pretty big, but relatively non-political. They arent as pozzed as Google Cloud or linode AFAIK.
Cloudflare did shut down political sites in the past, but it does seem like they do this only after a certain amount of media and political pressure. After all, 4chan and this very site are using cloudflare (you can check this in the SSL cert in your browser). When in Doubt use DDoS-Guard.
EDIT: BuyVM als has a Discord Server for support: https://buyvm.net/beware-the-moshbear/
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Cool, thanks man!
No problem :) Just remember, no matter which provider you choose, do not forget so set up regular backups like a good boy. No system is safe from hardware failure, or fire (search "OVH Strasbourg fire" for more info)