>arguably in the best spot it's ever been, apart from Grok being pushed so aggressively

So the best ever except for one of the biggest crap parts that didn't exist at all just a few years ago?

Though actually I think it's just more people figuring out how the interests of social media companies aren't the same as their own interests, and Musk's very-visible fiddling with things drove home the "people are trying to to addict you and influence you" point MUCH more quickly than anything ever did in the past to a wide chunk of the population. Not new in essence, but now highlighted with a giant neon sign pointing at it.