most people dont take issue with the fact that there is ads but with how intrusive they are.

coins being around for a long time dosent mean that most trade relied on them though

progress bars: too fake for hollywood

and much more… centralized?

it being centralized dosent mean its bad. theres also the fact that many processes are centralized by the nature of how they work.

it’s described as generally more secure as well.

why would that be?

It’s nothing that can’t be done in a centralized manner,

and thats the main problem with basically all blockchain related solutions, theres pretty much always a centralized alternative thats more efficient