Lightning Network is Centralized?

[kiemnhieutien]

I recently learned about the Bitcoin lightning network being worked on. From what I understand it would allow instant, cheap, micro-payments, essentially allowing bitcoin to be used for retail payments. If so this sounds like it could be big thing to Bitcoin.
For those want more information  about Lightning Network because it's such a new thing, find it here:
1. https://lightning.network/.
2. https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf

But the problem is i see that LN looks like a network of several  centralized hubs, which called decentralized, but to me it's a large, centralized hubs. So it make Bitcoin more centralized
So i try to find out more about this, if is there any same opinions and found a good article claim that  Lightning Network can't be decentralized.
https://medium.com/@jonaldfyookball/mathematical-proof-that-the-lightning-network-cannot-be-a-decentralized-bitcoin-scaling-solution-1b8147650800
Guys do you have same think with me or what do you think about Lightning Network, centralized or not?

[nc50lc]

The idea of LN decentralization isn't what most of us are concerned.
Lightning hubs are indeed centralized "banks" like some members are saying but, the lightning network itself is off-chain.
The blockchain is still solid decentralized system.
Establishments, services and Ewallets can make use of the Lightning Network, centralized or just an internal system of their platform.

Lightning Networks isn't decentralized, Lightning Hubs can be centralized.
Simple, if users will like it, more services will use it, bitcoin scaling~ successful.

[pebwindkraft]

I think this topic was discussed in here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2854596.0

[mda]

There are other ways to scale bitcoin but Lightning Network fans do/can not listen to it.
Big expectations and poor results are going to crash the whole ecosystem.
However after this story fizzles out the rebound will be huge.

[Anti-Cen]

The die is cast and for years here everyone was told that "Block-Chain" was the best thing ever invented and
now it's good to be "Off-Block" apparently and centralization was a four letter swear word but now we have the
worse kind of centralization with single points of failure without any redundancy.

Never again can Ripple be bashed on the grounds of bankers owning it since the LN hubs are mini-banks
and I am sure that fees will be low at first but we all know how banks work from our history books.

Bitcoin core will effectively become a central banks and the FED won't talk to you if you don't have billions
of $$$$ and when mini-banks go bad then Bitcoin will make out its just a few bad apples when it's not