The article starts its point-of-view in 2017. Even by then, there were indicators times had changed. The regulatory and political environment was very favorable

The article starts its point-of-view in 2017. Even by then, there were indicators times had changed. The regulatory and political environment was very favorable in the Clinton, Bush, and Obama years. The Internet was privatized rather quickly and without much room for public comment. The reasons listed in the article apply for people who watch very closely—for most people who are not very tuned in it's a result of public opinion being swayed in the other direction by political figures. Whether it's due to wariness of a increasingly consolidated and powerful sector, collection of personal data, or because of perceived censorship, it adds up.