Or maybe if a distributed platform embraces some additional centralization (it already does some), it becomes more like the decentralized platform everybody wan

Or maybe if a distributed platform embraces some additional centralization (it already does some), it becomes more like the decentralized platform everybody wants, and keeps the best aspects of the federated approach for those who mainly want those... It's not so important to force any dichotomous perspectives on the whole here, as the situation has a lot of nuance to it in the details.