Decentralization is conducive to creating an environment where the capable are rewarded for their efforts. Therefore, it is resisted and suppressed by vested interests.
To intuitively understand decentralization, a few simple examples can be given. Platforms like TikTok, banks, Meituan delivery, and Didi are all centralized platforms. They control user accounts, user behavior, and determine profit distribution. Obviously, because they have the power to decide on distribution, they extract excessive profits from it.
Ignoring political factors and focusing solely on the technical aspect, each individual can build their own delivery platform, bank, video platform. Platforms built by individuals follow a set of protocols and can communicate with each other. So, just like using TikTok, you only need to download an app to browse videos uploaded by everyone. The difference is that the service provider storing and managing the videos is not just TikTok, but everyone can operate their own video service platform to provide content for you. No major platform can manage or censor videos published by others. Any profit distribution is based on cooperation and negotiation between individuals.
The benefit is that capable individuals can form a small center in this relatively free environment. With the capabilities of TikTok, even in a decentralized environment, it will definitely have a significant influence. The greatest advantage of decentralization is the ability to easily combat monopolies. Because under decentralized software services, the cost of switching service providers is very low. Once the monopolistic entity no longer serves the interests of the people, they can switch to another provider.
However, decentralization is extremely unfriendly to the weak. Because the excessive freedom of decentralization means it is full of deception. The weak may be deceived and left with nothing, worse off than surviving under the protection of monopolists.
If the entire population enters the era of decentralization, individual operators can reclaim some of the profits that rightfully belong to them from monopolists. It can be seen as a mild "uprising."