I just submitted a link aginst centralization[1] and wanted to read this one but medium blocks it requiring sign in. Medium being an example of a centralized company or host with its own agenda.
That's the beauty of open-source blockchain. You want to fork? fork.
Right now tens of thousands of people voted on ALGO's governance trough their wallets on their phones. When did you ever get that chance for FB? For Google? Instagram?
Never. The diffusion is real, even if it's imperfect.