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Why do you think this is a good thing?

> - servers and legally based in a country the US and EU cannot control

I see two ways that could go: either somewhere that China and/or Russia have control over, or in an unstable third-world dictatorship. Do you have any specific countries where none of the above would apply, or do you prefer one of the latter two to the US and EU?