I share this sentiment, however I don't see anyone really building alternative channels. Just people creating content for big tech platforms, and ultimately chasing short term rewards (money) via short term engagement boosts. Sure we don't trust institutions so naively anymore, but sitting around talking about how everyone sucks gets us no where as a society unless we move forward.

It's going to take people interested in more than just money, and the number of people willing to work for more than just money has seemingly never been smaller.