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It's an easy way for them to extend their power to directly affect users of said centralised businesses. Take for example how the US government uses banks to impose financial sanctions onto whoever they consider as a threat to them. They have largely succeeded in keeping their population hooked onto centralisation, for example you want to watch videos you think youtube, you want to browse the web you think google, social - facebook, twitter, and so on.