I think it may be that at this stage in the internet's history, we've seen the life cycle of software/platforms play out and it even if you were lucky enough to

I think it may be that at this stage in the internet's history, we've seen the life cycle of software/platforms play out and it even if you were lucky enough to be part of a wildly popular and successful one that did cool things everyone loves, its only a matter of time before the suits come in and monetize every good piece of it, put in dark patterns, addictive scrolls, forced subscriptions, fees, openly hostile TOS, etc etc. In the early days there was optimism about making people's lives better with great software, but we now know what its only a phase before its turned to crap. We can make nice things, but we can't keep them that way.