[zbentley]

> The only platforms which can hold out are the ones explicitly designed to resist centralization.

They don't make money, tempt investors, or entice advertisers, for shit. You might not want that to be what defines a successful business right now, but it is.

> The technology is dead simple.

Not simple enough (IRC/Mastodon/dex-$x). People vote with their feet.

When something decentralized provides a better user experience than one of the behemoths, and figures out a way to market itself into network-effect prosperity, then things will improve. Until then, don't bother.