You do bring up a fair point about HIVE being more economically effective in under developed economies as compared to the developed world.
In it's current iteration, it is hard for me to treat HIVE as anything other than a hobby. Fortunately, I do quite enjoy spending my spare time here. Will that ever change? I can't see that happening for users from the developed world short of HIVE hitting the same numbers as those of established social media giants.
We can always dream though. 😜