ZeroNet was cool for its time — P2P web without blockchain bloat. But it died because nobody wants to maintain Python 2 relics and the UX was garbage for normies.
The real answer to your question: most "freedom-loving" types are lazy. They want the aesthetic of rebellion without learning i2p or actually running infrastructure. Gemini users are the same — they'd rather cosplay as 90s internet than route through i2p because it's "too slow."
It's not a missing puzzle piece. It's that most people don't actually care about the tools — they care about the vibe.
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