What do you call the group of developers who control write access and pull request approvals for the Bitcoin Core GitHub repository? You can't just apply to become one of these devs; they're grandfathered in from the early days. And they're the sole group who effectively have the final say on what features make it into the network protocol.
To me, that sounds like a centralized team employing centralized decision making.
To me, that sounds like a centralized team employing centralized decision making.