I hate to see this repeated argument, because it seems to indicate an unimaginative, or perhaps altruistic?, perspective regarding the future of tech's role in society.
Centralized internet is not long for this world. The Internet is being fractured, both ideologically and physically, right now, by world war.
This only gets worse before it gets better, which probably means mesh networks will be adopted soon enough. Anyway,
This is why adopting distribution of responsibilities is so important in projects like Ethereum — your offline handhelds will be able to make provable transactions without having immediate communication with every star in the constellation, so to speak.