The Fedilore Otter 🦦Why I bring that up is because:
A) Managed hosting is significantly cheaper than what TenForward pays; and
B) Managed hosting is run by people who know what they're doing, and generally does not include direct database access.
On a VPS, your admin can fairly easily read any of your DMs with a little bit of script.
With managed hosting, your admin generally cannot actually see a DM unless it's been reported to them.
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