Hello @johnhtims
There are reasons why Blurt doesn't have as many apps like Hive
I would argue that you're wrong but not from the programmer perspective but the economics and adoption perspective.
The Hive blockchain was created out of a really exceptional circumstance. Normally, devs and users would have stuck with Steem no matter what features or changes you could have added on it.
As you prolly already know, we suddenly saw Steem become centralized a couple of years ago and the Hive fork was created for this reason. Steem became paypal but with volatility and we all knew it. It was finished.
The network effect is enormous. Look at all of the better chains than the chain of Bitcoin out there. Many chains are more scalable, have more features, are faster, and are private. But BTC remains the chain with the most marketcap and presumably the most users.