Lemmy world uses cloudflare, privacy respecting instances would never block tor

Mander.xyz even has an .onion hidden service

Well my approach is to sign up and use Lemmy over Tor with throwaway email (Onionmail)

BFU (before first unlock) vs AFU (After first unlock)

Basically encrypted vs decrypted

best way is a mini pc you can put an open source OS on

then you totally control it. they can be found cheap used and are usually upgradable

they are thrown out by schools and buisnesses all the time. it does not have to be very powerful by pc standards

it can also be your first home server if youre interested