Looking only at the cost of running a decentralized network is not sufficient. We need to look also at the cost of not running a decentralized network. Not all

Looking only at the cost of running a decentralized network is not sufficient. We need to look also at the cost of not running a decentralized network. Not all incentives have an economic nature, some are political, and I think the latter applies in a greater meassure in the current case. Just the realization that you give too much power to those running centralized services, may represent the required incentive for people to switch. The overall material cost to run a centralized vs decentralized service may be comparable, but the political cost is not..