Interesting read and brave move! 😅 - there is certainly been a shift in the zeitgeist.
I think for many people who migrated away from Twitter and into a no algo/ad environment (eg here & Mastodon) the contrast is like a glass of water in the face.
I had a ton of lists that I had spent years curating around topics that I have an interest in. Seeing those contributors scatter and having to rebuild elsewhere has been interesting…