It'll stay a hodgepodge of products that interact with the blockchain, but in a way that might be a good thing after all. At least we have options (to even build the tools we need ourselves, if it comes to that).
Do you use GINA to get notified about who upvoted you?! That's a lot of "noise", no? I just check https://www.steemnow.com for that, it's pretty convenient for checking incoming votes!
From the beginning I had only Follows, unfollows and resteems. But I noticed that upvotes also give the value of upvote. So I put them back on.
I like Steemnow and I have it open all the time. Its simple and fast and doesn't need refreshing :) And it gives accurate VP.