This was the early internet ideal. But the vast majority of content makers don't self host websites. They publish stuff on for-profit platforms, that (at the ve

This was the early internet ideal. But the vast majority of content makers don't self host websites. They publish stuff on for-profit platforms, that (at the very least) need ad clicks to make ends meet, barring some rare and questionably sustainable ad-free exceptions like GitHub. If the content hosts can't make enough to even keep the lights on... then what? One answer is, unfortunately, information silos.