basically, no web1 and web2 were equally "centralized", the only difference was the scope of their centralized actors web3 is "decentralized" in a way that is

basically, no web1 and web2 were equally "centralized", the only difference was the scope of their centralized actors web3 is "decentralized" in a way that is effectively meaningless, trust still exists, authorities still exist, the only difference is that those centralized actors are no longer bound by rules or regulations