@daviddkl you got my upvote and follow for this comment!!

We do want decentralization!
The guys from itsblockchain (and they are smart guys for I follow some of their signals and haven't been disappointed yet) said this:

If #Ripple becomes number 1, the trust in the whole Crypto market will be gone and prices will crash. Because this would mean that decentralized systems lost against centralization. Think twice before you invest!