Decentralized Social Is The Best Way... But... Funding
Decentralized social media is the best way to make sure we don't end up with another Twitter/X problem. But funding the decentralized web is expensive and often cost prohibitive.

Decentralized social media is the best way to make sure we don't end up with another Twitter/X problem. But funding the decentralized web is expensive and often cost prohibitive.
I'm not a huge fan of asking for support but...
Some say yes. Others, not surprisingly, say Hell NO! As for me, I'm not sure. On one hand it could be a dangerous slope, but on the other hand...
Google's Danny Sullivan was at WordCamp US in Portland, Oregon this past week and said Google needs the open web. Of course it does. So it can feed its Artificial Intelligence System. Let's not forget that.
YouTube is a great place to watch podcasts that are put out as podcasts in audio only on the feeds. But YouTube isn't podcasting and not all podcasts need to be video.