Paid tiers only i think, but yes.

Tuta. Regardless of email provider, chose one that lets you use your own domain - that way it’s easier to change providers.

Decentralization is, by definition, censorship-resistant, just hop to another instance.

There is censorship, but i think it’s on par with reddit. Were i to post some of the stuff i post here on lemmy on mastodon instead i’d have my account banned. Speaking from experience.

Never cared much for reddit, finding lemmy way more interesting anyway.