Yes, this why federated systems (Mastodon, Matrix), etc. will just repeat history like with email centralizing into gmail.

However, IPFS, Scuttlebutt, GUN (full disclosure: mine -> https://github.com/amark/gun ), Beaker, etc. don't have this problem. Most of these, though, are tools for building decentralized apps, not necessarily the apps themselves - so there is plenty of love that we all need to have for enticing designers to build easy and beautiful apps.

ZeroNet seemed pretty easy though and well designed, so I'm not sure about the author's grievances against that one. Although it is more of an app (or app store) than a library/tool.