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It's just plain better than any other alternative. Better UI, better UX, better features, better customization, support for Monet... I could go on all day.
Better spying, better ads, much more obnoxious community as well.
I suppose the cool thing about lemmy is that if you want your instance to be insular you could always defederate.
Too much insularity is also harmful for society and yourself. Viewing different opinions, unless they teeter on the nazipedogore stuff, is not particularly that harmful. Trolls can be annoying, though, but people should not be categorised as trolls if they are simply arguing civilly and in good faith.