What does this mean in real terms?
When decentralized exchanges — DEXs — evolved, they enabled liquidity provision without the intermediation of centralized authorities. Traditional crypto exchanges operate under an order book model. The trade-off is that whoever is running the exchange decides which tokens are listed and what their trading pairs should be. This can have advantages and disadvantages. [note from Rhian: trying not to upset centralized exchanges where $BOSON is listed or may be listed in future]
read more here https://medium.com/bosonprotocol/boson-protocol-is-becoming-the-decentralized-exchange-protocol-for-anything-a2a34abef523

and don't forget to read about this Boson Protocol announces World Mobile as dCommerce ecosystem partner in the link below
https://medium.com/bosonprotocol/boson-protocol-announces-world-mobile-as-dcommerce-ecosystem-partner-b56a9d4527ff