Thank you for this insightful and well written article :) It is true that there is nothing such as a free lunch, someone's bearing the cost somewhere !
I am quite hopeful that Steemit is approaching the right direction to sustain itself and to grow, also <3
We all are. It is a process and it will take some time. This was just a step, not the eventual outcome. I believe we made some progress but a lot more to be done.
The applications are going to start taking on more and more importance.