I think a point you overlook in this discussion of the Hive database is the democratization of data. The censorship resistant idea didnt sell since most people do not care.
That said, the Internet is being locked down as companies (sites) stop the scraping. This means Meta, X, and Google have advantages since their data piles keep growing.
Starts ups are screwed as Reddit is charging for their data along with others. How do we decentralize if only the big players can acquire the data?
We cannot.
Here is where Hive's most important role enters: the democratization of data.
Hive is humanity's database.