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Yet monopolized enough that this decentralization does not prevent deplatforming.

you can spin up as many nodes on the internet to have as many platforms as you want, nothing is stopping you. getting booted from some company's platform for violating some company's tos does not mean the world wide web is not decentralized

PKI and DNS are centralized and any of the _three_ major browsers rely on them and actively deny features if they are not present.

I mean, sure, packet routing is decentralized, and if you're a military operator, this might matter to you, if you're someone who wants a public voice it's not significant.

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