Ask HN: Is “a decentralized alternative to X” the new “uber for X”

I keep seeing more and more products being launched in Show HN or Product Hunt that present themselves as a "decentralized alternative to X" (GitHub, Youtube, Facebook, Soundcloud). Is this just a hype train that people board or is it the future of web?

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