When you actually look at what people do instead of what they say, it often shows that that's really the only choice people want.

Well, yes. Bluesky offers something close to the look and feel and, crucially, community of pre-ruined twitter, plus some new community moderation tools. Realistically 99% of its users don't care about and arguably don't even want decentralization.

Right, they want the fruits of it. They just don't want the sustainable agriculture.