[LilBytes]

The exchange is a component of crypto, as an industry. Imagine defending social media but shitting on Facebook. To use your words to try and make your argument:

This isn't social media. This is Facebook with a centralized website, with centralized databases, that is run and controlled by humans. In fact, if you use a Facebook there is no use of social media for the most part.

There's a literal saying, "not paying for it, you're the proruct". Only if people would listen.

[irusensei]

> Imagine defending social media but shitting on Facebook.

I see no contradiction on shitting on facebook while defending say Mastodon. In fact people were doing this with twitter just a few days ago before $current_thing happened.

[LilBytes]

Mastodon isn't an argument that social media isn't terrible.

The same argument can't be made for crypto exchanges and the industry they occupy also being terrible.