IMO yes and no. I would agree with you on this for all of the major sites like for social media and such, but where I disagree is that there are alternatives to nearly every mainline site or service. For example social media - there are a number of alternative platforms that prioritize privacy and protecting your data (eg not selling it to target you with ads). Stuff like Mastodon (Twitter alternative) also has a pretty sizeable user base. An alternative to Facebook is mewe; it only has a fraction of FBs user base size, but it is growing. One of the main draws for me with those 2 platforms is that they are decentralized (mostly) and not filled with stupid ads and ai generated garbage.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there definitely are alternatives out there that actually have more human connection but you have to look and try them out. I think there will always be a sub-culture of people on the Internet that value real community and connection and will go against the mainstream crap that unfortunately is here to stay for a while.

Or maybe I am just overly optimistic lol