I’m on mobile data plan 27GB for US$1.8 per month

I usually avoid the top 5 servers

You can choose a server that you find suitable from here

https://mastodonservers.net/servers/top

I agree, any fediverse servers that remain federated with Meta servers, they are helping Meta to collect your data.

Remember, the Threads app itself is a privacy nightmare.

I’m getting error 429 with Slide this morning