@dangillmor in the US, damn near everything resolves down to everyone insisting, "Show me the money." Sadly, we've lost that internet of the early oughts where people would gladly share their ideas freely.
Now platforms like medium, substack, YouTube, et al are all about "monetization". Nearly everything is worth is now hidden behind some sort of paywall or other dark patterns.
We could have had an online library of Alexandria. Instead, we have all of these digital fortresses where intellectual property owners hide their.. property.
It's all, sadly, very Cyberpunk. @GreatDismal et al called it.