I am grateful for coinbase.

When I started, they were the only exchange who accepted to open an account for me (I'm based in socialist France).

And let's face it, when you start on this journey, you won't easily discover 21bitcoin.app or Relai or Swan,

unless you were already by some chance hovering around the bitcoin maxis circle

BTW I loved coinbase pro, I was able to experience with limit buys and lower my fees ( <1%). Was really helpful to grab extra corn between May 2022 - November 2022

For me , coinbase is like a supermarket where I can buy unhealthy shit like alcohol or healthy food like steak or eggs or milk.

It's up to me to acquire the knowledge necessary to understand what is valuable from what is not and make the right choice.

The ultimate serendipity that made steer away from shitcoins and go bitcoin only even if I was using coinbase, is stumbling upon bitcoin maxis on twitter, listening carefully to their podcasts, read the books they recommended, learn from their past experiences, graciously take the orange pill they offered me.

Bottom line, everyone of us needs a toxic bitcoin maxi in his life. We should have more bitcoins maxis.