[vidarh]

> The "I now have to run my own server, and tell my followers to move with me" is kinda the blocker here

Not what I suggested. You have 3k+ instances to pick from before you need to opt to run your own. And Mastodon has built in functionality to move followers for you. Could be smoother, but it works - I've used it. Took me <1h from initiating the move until most of my followers were following my new account with no actions on their side.

> The amount of power they have is same or even bigger, just over smaller amount of users.

The very fact that people can move diminishes that power for any admin who cares about retaining users.