''The point here is that Linux provides the user with the option and ultimate decision authority to decide when decentralization is beneficial and when it is not.'' - right. Exactly like in the case of ''Layering'' systems like LN, where the user has the 'dial a trust' power to decide VERSUS one block size fit all. You mentioned these days that decentralization-centralization is 'spectrum'. I can't agree more. It is about network topology. The fully decentralized networks act as their own servers - which is metaphor - indeed the trick is concentric avalanche of mutual verifications. The fully centralized systems should have only one server and all the rest are clients. The extrema of this spectrum - full cent. or full decent. I suspect are as unreachable as ... the speed of light. It takes more and more to get nearer. Also extreme decentralization? what does it mean? nodes 'size' infinitezimal? There is always granularity, discreteness - centralization-decentralization spectrum is like how many pieces make the net. The limit is the total resources of the network. I feel that way before the extremes the cost will exceed total resources. BUT, as I mentioned it is ok if it is up to the user to select which topology fits its needs - flat/decentralized/geodesic or vertical/trusted/centralized.
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LN is in my opinion a dangerous way to scale. Don't you think LN leads to big data centers? Why wouldn't the Lightning Network lead to the exact centralization you seem to fear? Big data centers?
Because it is NOT 'one blocksize fits all' and because it is 'dial a centralization' personal choice thing.
Once you have it in your pocket it is out of decentralization concerns. Cause it is only up to you what you do with it. Ownership is maximization of 'centralization'. It requires at least 2 in order to talk about CONsensus. In case of one it is just 'sensus'.
no it does not require data centers. even mass scale payments trusted operator of LN channels is optional to use. AND more importantly as you see LN digests the block size net choking problem with at least 3 orders of magnitude.