The protocol is not centralized, nor the nodes. Loot at LN like the Internet, there are big sites and small sites, and they coexist pacefuly.
Anyway, I recently closed my node, similar situation as you, after I discovered it was really not needed anymore and it is not nice to maintain it, specially if you have a lot of channels. Have a look:
https://stacker.news/items/486283
Javier
npub17u…7h5f8
2024-04-03 11:20:41
in reply to nevent1q…elrx
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2024-04-03 11:20:41Event JSON
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