We absolutely should not accept the way the internet has been going in modern times. I personally support initiatives like Reticulum/NomadNet, I2P, the Gemini protocol, etc, and think that we need more large-scale adoption of these types of networks as well as FOSS-based software just to maintain our freedom and keep some semblance of the old internet that I grew up loving in the 90s and 00s. The modern commercialized internet with its increasingly authoritarian government monitoring and control is counter-productive to liberty and individual freedom. Much love to the people who run FOSDEM and things like it, wish I could contribute more but I have a very busy schedule right now and not much time/money to travel to conventions and things. Anyway, mahalo and aloha.