My motivation for looking for the small web comes from being tired of platforms and the way they collect, organize and publish user content.
The platforms themselves are rigid and the form of the content is limited: on YouTube you can only publish videos, on Twitter - 140/280+ characters, on Instagram - photos/videos, etc. I understand you can't satisfy everyone with a universal UI but I'm looking for something that I can create and mold using my own efforts, just like in real life.
Platform's content organization is also annoying since ... Pltaform's content publication is problematic at best because ...
the sustainability angle Paying for it all - It feels too yucky to see an ad about something I've talked about with friends in real life or