Can’t they just set up shop in some place like Russia and say FU?

Maybe not now, but I hope after Putin dies or gets arrested, we will gladly host all books on used hardware from Yarovaya’s package and various city-wide survaliance networks. Maybe add some new hardware.

So that Russia can make them scour the Archive to remove anything considered inappropriate by the kind of folks over at lemmy.ml?

I’d expect its maintainers enjoy living in SF

I’d think Russia would try to censor a lot of material. And the US and Russia might be on more friendly terms in the next few months with the new president.