Comment by infogulch

The real issue parent and many sibling comments are running into has answers all the way down in individual liberty and sovereignty. Technology companies have pulled out the rug from under us to deliver the illusion of convenience and safety. Benjamin Franklin seems to be ever relevant: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

But we're here now, and as much as I might fantasize I can't make myself believe that anyone would willingly accept a significant regression on the convenience front. The only way out that I see is to reconstitute sovereignty in a modern form.

We need "something" and I think we're getting close. Web3, dapps, and cryptocurrency are all aiming in that direction, and even if some instances are a miss I think we'll hit it eventually.