[chaxor]

A key point here is that the centralization in this case is from a for-profit company.

If the records were centralized by the government, the issues that we see now would likely not be as prevalent.

There would be other talking points and issues to be sure, but the point is there are many ways to 'centralize' information, even including, ironically, the technologies that are infamous on HN that "de-centralize" information.