Indeed. Really I want a decentralised system where I have my cake and eat it too, with a single mechanism for accessing my content while also not giving a sing

Indeed. Really I want a decentralised system where I have my cake and eat it too, with a single mechanism for accessing my content while also not giving a single company control over and profit from the entire industry. Oh, and this hypothetical decentralised system has to, well, not completely suck. Which means it's never going to happen.