> In cases like these, having an second option that isn't controlled by some powerful institution could help democratize how they get implemented and used. If you dismiss it, then you are just leaving it to these large institutions to make the rules like they previously have, they have the power and resources to out compete, buy or snuff out any traditional competition.

I thought the whole idea was it is "distributed" and non centralized. If big evil company takes over, can't you just fork? If it really was decentralized, why would i care about the direction the central commitee takes?