Decentralization is sort of a bad term in that it can have very different contextual meanings and the exact meaning is hard to pin down. I like looking at it f

Decentralization is sort of a bad term in that it can have very different contextual meanings and the exact meaning is hard to pin down. I like looking at it from a perspective of privacy, ownership/sovereignty, and choice. A system that has a few dominant centralized players that are interchangeable is decentralized as far as I'm concerned. An example would be static web hosting. A system with hosted centralized options but where I can also self-host is also decentralized. An example would be something like GitLab. I want systems where I own and control my own data and where it's not being data mined without my approval. I want systems where someone isn't always looking over my shoulder. I want systems that treat me as the customer not the product.