Is decentralization a feature people want, or insurance they only appreciate after something breaks?

Most users do not wake up wanting decentralization. They want an app that is fast, affordable and easy to use.

That creates a strange problem for Web3. Its biggest advantages often become visible only when a centralized platform freezes an account, changes its rules, removes content or disappears completely.

Until that happens, decentralization can feel like extra complexity with no immediate benefit. Seed phrases, transaction fees and unfamiliar interfaces are obvious today, while censorship resistance and self-custody may feel hypothetical.

Maybe Web3 should stop presenting decentralization as the main product and start treating it as infrastructure working quietly underneath a useful service.

Do users need to understand that an application is decentralized, or should they only notice when decentralization protects them?