&gt; An open source infrastructure for a centralized network now provides almost the same level of control as federated protocols, without giving up the ability to adapt.<p>That&#x27;s simply not true. Unless you&#x27;re Google&#x2F;Facebook&#x2F;Apple&#x2F;Amazon, you&#x27;ll be unable to get anyone to use your centralized network. Which makes it worse than useless. &quot;Build it and they will come&quot; doesn&#x27;t work in a world of walled gardens, curated content and censorship.