This is a very silly way of looking at the world. The reason people prefer centralized services is because:
- they have a monetization layer directly linked to their users' bank accounts.
At the end of the day people need to pay bills in order to produce content for a living. Without that, you can't compete. With that, and you're not decentralized.
“[Snapchat has] to find that balance without killing the soul of Venice,”
They definitely have killed it, and not coz of real estate. Glance anywhere and you'll find pursed lips, cocked heads, eyes wide, trying to capture the perfect moment... on camera. Each person the star of their own social media fantasyland.