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Because so many bad actors use VPNs for ban evasion or span sources, blocking the VPN endpoints from posting or commenting is a low hanging fruit way of dealing with some spam. This is Lemmy.World stance.
There are many others instances that work over VPNs so in the spirit of decentralization you can use another instance to access lemmy.world content.
It also prevents normal people from using Lemmy at all...
lemmy.world is NOT "Lemmy"
Hell, during the great reddit migration, if I recall correctly, lemmy.world had to cap sign-ups.
It is a massive portion of Lemmy. And it doesn't just stop people from signing up, it stops people from participating in any way.
Does .World think it’s their content?
They host it, so they can do as they please.
Vote with your feet.
It's hosted in their servers. Dunno about the content licenses, if any.