I hear you. Once the community turns in a certain direction, it can be hard to break through. Some of the technologies were/are interesting. It just seemed tha

I hear you. Once the community turns in a certain direction, it can be hard to break through. Some of the technologies were/are interesting. It just seemed that, even so, the applications never fully materialized. So the tech started to feel like solutions looking for problems. And, after a while, the excitement of the promise wears thin. A lot of the proposed use cases were duplicative of existing capabilities and were frequently some variation of, "but, this is trustless/decentralized". I just don't think that was as compelling as assumed for most people who routinely give up their data, location, etc. in exchange for convenience. And, the crypto-based "solutions" frequently required tech experience and/or some inconvenience to onboard. Turns out, centralization is pretty convenient. Then, after all of that, we're still left with some form of centralization in the form of node operators, foundations, etc. So, there was frequently a gap between the tech and the social aspect. Other use cases were a little grifty from the start.