Free choice is the opium for the masses, as the prospects of young people have diminished considerably in recent times. Tech companies bundle this choice illusion as "convenience".
Well decentralization is mostly a sham in its current state. You think people will care about Block.One's Voice app? Steemit more or less died. Hacker Noon got greedy. Wordpress blogs are dead.
Yes making $5,000 US when you live in Canada really sucks, I got to admit. Paywalls are everywhere now in Media, that's just the new reality. That any coding writer or personal essayist can make $ supports creators and real people.
I think this signals that altcoin season has started and the crypto winter has begun to thaw.
I think there are several factors including Fidelity, the trade war, Project Libra, etc... even WeChat banning crypto and ICO chats ups demand for Bitcoin in China.