Facebook was never benign but has taken a role that should be occupied by standards, protocols, and multiple solutions.
It probably could have been done 20 years ago, but we're now in a world where we're struggling with Net Neutrality, we have gazillions of unregulated unpatchable bug ridden wifi toasters, and very few people even try to think for themselves any more.
A miracle would be nice, but it's better not to rely on one.
Even just for a day or so, and at the end if you've accidentally lost Theresa somewhere in the Canadian wilderness then no biggie, you just have to provide a replacement of equal or greater value.