I think one thing that we have tried to be very, very, very intentional about is we are not Elon, we're not trying to be that, we're not trying to go down that same path. [...] We are trying to do is just use usage-based pricing, that will hopefully be very transparent to you, and very clear to you. Or we're not trying to go down the same path that you may have seen some of our other peers go down.
musk playbook - the regisiter
From 'we are not Elon' to 'Elon was right' in a matter of days
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has come out and said what legions of redditors feared – that a business plan to turn a profit by increasing the price of API access has been "reaffirmed" by a look at the Book of Musk.
Nice idea.
Global and local votes is an interesting idea, reflective of echo chamber vs general consensus.
Not sure how effective it would be in addressing the point raised by OP, but it might have value in its own right.
Holy enshittification batman. That's an enlightening read. Thank you.