Tl;dr:
The world and the web suck;
Tim Berner-Lee was a clueless Pollyanna;
We're gonna solve everything with DECENTRALISATION that will come to pass by (makes vague hand gestures, draws ballon shaped objects).
It's only Pollyanna if you do nothing about it. Decentralization is more than an idea. There are many technologies developing privacy as an integrated feature on their platform. There is enough of an appetite to support it more widely than it has been.
What a bunch of useless drivel.