[ablerman]

You can host whatever the fuck you want. So can GoDaddy.

[Minor49er]

Apparently you can't host whatever you want. Otherwise we wouldn't be in this comment section talking about this story.

[bell-cot]

"You can host $Site" != "Somebody else must be willing to host $Site for you".

Same as "You can cook $Food" != "Somebody else must be willing to cook $Food for you".

[papito]

You can also NOT host whatever you don't want. Epik and Digital Ocean picked up the baton, but I don't know if Digital Ocean has had a chance to act on this yet - it's a long weekend. We already know that Epik is not bothered by moral choices.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

Not sure you understand the meaning of the word "host" in this context.

[Minor49er]

Rest assured, I do

[PaulDavisThe1st]

Well, then your post is obviously nonsense to you, just as it was to several other people.

You buy a server, find a coloc facility, pay the price to colocate, plug your server in, host whatever you want, free of essentially all terms of service. That's "hosting whatever you want".

[josephcsible]

What happens when the colocation facility throws you out too?

[PaulDavisThe1st]

When you can't find another one that allows colocation with a ToS that will let you do whatever you want, you rent a T1 line or better to your own home.

Have you ever heard of a ISP kicking someone off a rented dedicated cable? Maybe it has happened. I have no memory of ever hearing about this in any case where there wasn't prima facie illegal acitivit occuring over the line.