Video link min 22:18 (YT) | Link Invidious
“(…) what is there on the internet that is like ye olden times where you know, you go on, you make a free account, it’s everything goes?”
“The Fediverse. I think would be the closest.”
I agree with your point. I‘d like to add that it should become illegal to close off digital spaces and they need to provide an API for intercommunication, free of charge. Of course, there needs to be room for making scraping for profit or just plain overwhelming servers for competitive reasons as hard as possible.