A bit long and rambly, but had a section on and old blog post on the topic:
Gemini is often pushed as a good alternative to your standard web server in the indyweb/smolweb community, however, I’m a...
You make some valid points but overall i think you're wrong when you say that the #geminiprotocol hasn't solved anything and went back too far. It has, on the topic of identity for example. Gemini allows you to identify yourself with a TLS client certificate when you connect to a server (try #lagrange and look at the identities system). This means that you own your identity, just like with #nostr. On the "modern" web, it's the reverse, you have no control over your identity.
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