I don't like Ripple but I appreciate them with this:
Ripple employs more than 500 people worldwide and is currently striving to further expand its own presence, especially in Asia.
Employing a lot of people globally, they've impacted a lot of lives through their employment yet still it won't change our minds from the fact that it isn't decentralized.
Cryptocurrency is indeed create jobs especially to those who adopt it and despite of criticism on XRP for being centralized, they still perform their best and promise to give a faster transactions at minimal expense under their blockchain system.
This plan to expand their platform is a big move and I wonder how the other coins will match this development, hopefully this can bring good prices in the market that can result into another bull run.