What you are saying is exactly what I try to point out. As we all can see SPL is successful, however it is a standalone success story (or one of the few), and this is not prove at all that Hive as a base layer is working. I don't know what the work behind SPL was, and dont claim to understand, but your reasoning makes 100% sense. Hive is not a trash blockchain technically, wonderful things can be build on it, but it's economically broken (and most likely lacks application building support). As you point out they had to do a lot of groundwork. I get you man.
Also if I am not mistaken SPL was steemmonsters in the past. If so their killer product is basically NFTs, which is as we know is a mega killer product. I get you man, and you get it too.
It's unfortunate as I see you trying to give your view, you're being attacked by a large stake holder in the ecosystem. It would be much more wise of him (and most of the Hive community) to convert their defensive stance into actual listening. That's the start of true change, listening.
Is there an attack by a large whale in the ecosystem on me? I dont know maybe they have me muted. I know that there is one whale in particular that everyone is afraid of that I dont mind starting conversations with. But typically its a nah nah nah boo boo response or I eat what I like response. And people wonder why the flagging whales are called little trust fund kids... but maybe just Justin Sun trolling with Ned.