[Crosseye_Jack]

> Nobody (um, but AWS, our ISP, our DNS registrar, ARIN, oh and heck tons of others) can shut me down now.

But in theory all of those can be replaced, a site that was recently in the news for being kicked off Godaddy, Google, tucows, Cloudflare, the Russian media watchdog, namecheap, DreamHost and a ton of others. Today its online using a Chinese based provider.

But yeah, if SV takes a disliking to you, it can be a right PITA to find some where to get back online.

But you are right, Someone somewhere has to host you and/or provide you with services (even if you self host) you are still dependant on to be able to stay online.