Pretty sure the same was said about Netflix by blockbuster. Nothing is popular until it is. Let’s see how this goes

Even controlled opposition is better than no opposition, imo. Currently it is all just a bunch of decentralized gatherings of people coping and seething but not doing any kind of...anything, really.

Treat the initiative with healthy scepticism, but keep an open mind. If it goes wrong, you lose nothing. If it goes right, mainstream counterculture has finally gotten a foothold. Win-win.