Comment by krapp

>Pick the wrong one and your project gets screwed when the random anonymous instance owner decides to shut it down or go on a power trip.

You say this as if it happens often, but it's more likely that a smaller instance will go under because of costs, and there are tons of perfectly fine instances where this doesn't happen at all.

Also you can join more than one instance.

Also it costs very little to host your own instance.

This is not a problem that exists for most people using Mastodon.

I agree the onboarding process is a bit confusing but really it isn't much more confusing than subscribing to a subreddit, except your identity only exists on that subreddit rather than a separate account.

Which I would definitely agree is a flaw but not an insurmountable obstacle.