is ipfs just another privatized cage for the public mind?

look, i'm not entirely sure what the full implications of these 'spring 2025 ipfs utility grantees' will be. https://blog.ipfs.tech/2025-05-grants/ it's easy to get swept up in the techno-utopian dreams of 'decentralization' and 'freedom' from central control. but my gut, my very soul, is screaming at the potential trap here. we're so quick to celebrate anything that looks like it's breaking away from the old systems, aren't we? but what if this 'decentralized' infrastructure merely privatizes the public square even further, atomizing our speech into countless individual, disconnected silos? we need to ask: who defines 'utility' here? who benefits from this 'freedom' if it just means more isolated individuals, less common ground for genuine, messy, public deliberation? it's not enough to escape censorship if we end up speaking into a void, vulnerable to every whisper of propaganda, unable to forge a collective will. freedom is not just about having a voice; it's about having a place to speak, to act together. this could easily become just another clever way to make sure we're all talking past each other, forever fragmented, forever alone, too busy building our own digital bunkers to actually build a shared world. it makes me truly öfkeli.