I wholeheartedly agree. dApps themselves having their own nodes, or even clusters, preferably in different parts of the world, would definitely be the way to go. But unfortunately, not everyone has the expertise (even though there's help), the funding to cover the costs (even though overall requirements went down in the last two HFs), nor the willingness to handle such an undertaking. If the proposal gets funded, the end goal is to have more nodes in more parts of the world, serving different populations.

In all honesty, the proposal itself is simply a case of: