People love to play this game of "well actually mastodon is bad because in this extremely specific situation you can lose your account or not be able to migrate"
In the case where all of the normal options are gone, sure, you're fucked. But in 99.9% of cases, you do have options to migrate.
Mastodon has options. You are given control, even notionally. Twitter doesn't even pretend to give you options. If you're banned, fuck you, that's it. If a billionaire buys the platform, fuck you, that's it.
If a mastodon server starts going downhill, you have options. If a mastodon admin goes off the rails, you have options. If dama happens and the server defederates from another, you still have options.
Mastodon gives you more opportunity and choice in all circumstances. There is no escape hatch for Facebook or Twitter, if something goes wrong you're just fucked. There isn't even a live person you could hypothetically talk to about it.
Sure, mastodon has problems. The exchange is that it's a truly free service without adversiments, algorithms, or coerced engagement. You don't generate money for the platform owner. That comes with risks, and you have options to deal with that risk.
Whether or not you like those options is entirely irrelevant. The options exist on mastodon, they do not exist on Twitter.
In the case where all of the normal options are gone, sure, you're fucked. But in 99.9% of cases, you do have options to migrate.
Mastodon has options. You are given control, even notionally. Twitter doesn't even pretend to give you options. If you're banned, fuck you, that's it. If a billionaire buys the platform, fuck you, that's it.
If a mastodon server starts going downhill, you have options. If a mastodon admin goes off the rails, you have options. If dama happens and the server defederates from another, you still have options.
Mastodon gives you more opportunity and choice in all circumstances. There is no escape hatch for Facebook or Twitter, if something goes wrong you're just fucked. There isn't even a live person you could hypothetically talk to about it.
Sure, mastodon has problems. The exchange is that it's a truly free service without adversiments, algorithms, or coerced engagement. You don't generate money for the platform owner. That comes with risks, and you have options to deal with that risk.
Whether or not you like those options is entirely irrelevant. The options exist on mastodon, they do not exist on Twitter.