I mean the claim that knots is ‘censoring’ tx in the mempool is kinda accurate, but the idea is that every noderunner can sensor any tx they wish (or not).
The distinction is that they censor their own mempool, not which tx are ultimately being mined.
Are you claiming that if I am a miner i am ‘censoring’ you if I don’t mine your transactions?
No not at all. Same as any node is free to broadcast any transaction they wish as long as it conforms to the protocol. Miners are free to mine any transaction they wish, as long as it conforms to the protocol. But in the case of miners there’s an economic incentive to mine the highest paying transactions rather than filter. The fee market will ultimately decide what goes into a block one way or another.
There is also economic incentives to not facilitate the degradation of the very thing that makes you money.
You should look into the ‘free market demand’ for red hair.
