[mykowebhn]

100 percent. The same thing happened with the "Internet". It was amazing when it first started getting popular with the first web browsers in the 90s. There was so much potential with it.

Now look what's happened to the Internet.

[akoboldfrying]

It still can be amazing, more amazing than it was in the 90s. You could make a website this afternoon and host it on your phone. But ~nobody can be bothered, because easier centralised platforms exist.

The problem, if you want to call it that, is purely social/cultural.

[mykowebhn]

Have you ever heard of Geocities?

[akoboldfrying]

Yes.

I can't tell what your point is.