From a historical (and academic) perspective, most decentralized services seem to tend towards monopolization. Telephones, radio broadcasting, and the Internet

From a historical (and academic) perspective, most decentralized services seem to tend towards monopolization. Telephones, radio broadcasting, and the Internet are all examples of once-decentralized, democratizing forces that were eventually centralized from a corporate control perspective. I don't know if this will change in the future; it'd require either a very active legal agenda or incredibly engaged citizens/consumers. "The Master Switch"[1] is a great book on the above. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empires/dp/0307390993 https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empire...