Code is the only law therefore the old network was never decentralized. I hope that changes with HIVE. The complaints about users not receiving airdrops are not all selfish whining, and in my opinion it weakens the HIVE community and the token to exclude users. Despite Justin baiting people to buy STEEM in hopes of overpowering him in the first few days, he and the exchanges were always in control of the wallets, and any voting power contributed to their witnesses by community members was only a symbolic representation of their opinion, as opposed to tangibly affecting governance.