I was looking for this reply. Seconded lmao

It was noted here that a German server was chosen due to their better data privacy laws :)

This whole debacle was the final straw for me to finally kick Reddit and move to a decentralized non-corporate platform, and I know I’m not the only one. Really hoping the general migration picks up a ton of speed after July 1st and more people learn that the federated model isn’t too scary or hard to understand🤞