That's like saying prime is great because it means fast shipping for everyone, as if Amazon will share access or some less wealthy entity can easily replicate.

That's like saying prime is great because it means fast shipping for everyone, as if Amazon will share access or some less wealthy entity can easily replicate. Maybe you haven't noticed this trend, but new internet technology comes pre-mono/duopolized thanks to the existence of big tech cos, or at least quickly gets absorbed by them. The trend is strongly away from end user control of tech, and that will continue not for the oft claimed reasons of safety or user experience, but specifically for social control.