It depends what you want. If you want lots of people to join, you need to make it easy to join.
That doesn't mean we need to get rid of decentralization. You could have a federated joining mechanism that assigned people randomly to any willing instance. Forcing the user to pick is the problem.
This is an Us problem. Download jerboa. Create an account on world. Done. Simple as Reddit. We make it complicated by explaining federation, options, different instances, etc. None of that matters to the masses.
Sorry, here's the prompt again. There's easily searchable information online about the consolidation of ownership of news channels. Instead of talking about that, you're going to reply with a story about the lack of education in America.
Get yourself a used Nissan Leaf. About the same price, does that range. I've had one as a commuter car for 10 years. It's perfect. Only maintenance is new tires and wiper blades. It's basically paid for itself in reduced maintenance and fuel prices.
That's not the analogy. The proper analogy is that you insert the Linux install disk, and someone else chooses if it installs Windows or Mac. There is no way for Linux to be installed. To get Linux, you need to change the system first.
I don't want to. They seem gross.