Self hosting is a refutation of corporate owned infrastructure, and the potential privacy loss. Politics.

But tech IS political. Can you show me an example of non-political tech?

Human life, human endeavors, human ambitions, are all inherently political. Politics is literally humans disagreeing on something. Technology is politics. Lemmy itself, the Fediverse, the software it’s built on, is inherently a political act of rebellion against corporate controll of discourse. Shitposting was literally invented through political discourse, for political purposes. That’s what it’s always been about.

Wanting to avoid politics is a political choice. It’s Chooseing to be ignorant of the world shaping forces that effect your life and the lives of everyone else.

I’ve got no advice for you.
You do you. But whatever you may do, will be political. There’s no way around that.

Apps won’t be able to delete accounts since they’re 3rd party interfaces. You have to go to the site directly in a browser.

If that’s not an option, you just abandon it.

Yes. Rather than focusing on encryption, (most normies don’t know what that really means anyway) point out that admits not mods have access to all messages sent.