If I were to start a new project right now would be

React

  - preact
  - redux for caching requests and serializing in ssr
  - express as webserver
  - styled-system for ui

Go for api

  - postgres
  - redis

Knowing that there is a risk of being de-platformed and loosing all your client data, and not being able to offer your service, etc, is a deterrent for most people, Google has a very difficult job here to change and then communicate the way they will deal with users will not be like gmail or YouTube.

How this kids, when they arrive to adulthood, will be able to stand for their rights? They are tough to, with the collaboration of their parents to give them away, and to see it as a necessary evil.

You would have nothing that gives you no joy otherwise