The shake has been arguably happening since 2016(i would say even sooner, but those efforts were more of hobbyists and explorers), where polarization was exacer

The shake has been arguably happening since 2016(i would say even sooner, but those efforts were more of hobbyists and explorers), where polarization was exacerbated by certain "political views" these social networks hold.However even though a lot of platforms have risen up and cool technologies (mastodon, IPFS-based hosting,etc) emerged, the core problem still somewhat exists: centralized power: whether it be the registrar, the hosting(which many people look into solving, because that's arguably the most critical point, and some have managed to somewhat de-couple from the monopolized 'cloud'), payment processors, ISPs,etc. All of these remain vastly centralized, and even though we haven't see extreme censorship in the west, the issue is a slippery slope, and that doesn't mean we won't see it in the future.(Unless politicians & philosophers try to push something akin of a "bill of rights" to the internet space, which would mean they are smart, so let's not hold our breaths on that) I'm more hyped, though i know progress is slow, in decentralized solutions in the hardware and networking space.Because the way i see it, even with something like bitcoin or any other decentralized solution that is mostly software-based, you're still at the mercy of couple entities.Again, process is slow in the HW space because most of the corporations/monopolies that are potentially abusive also hold most of manufacturing.