Yup, @dtube is just weak.
I do have to point out this post is a case of #badreviews, so I do exaggerate things. One of them being the "hate" for @dlive. To be frank, what they did was a business decision.
It should have been another wake up call to STINC that their platform is not up to par.
Back to the point of being centralized. Does it have to be blockchain-based? It seems silly that people have begun to slap blockchain on everything like the latest fad. That's just my opinion.
Blockchain paying related content like Steemit is important for a new paradigm. We should not be controlled by sponsors or corporations for what we should be paid for our content. That's a new human given right.
I'm not bothered if it's centralised but these new companies cannot be bought out by some Bilderberg company and destroy good things as Youtube and Skype was. If Lino can do what Steemit hasn't then great. If it makes Steemit Inc do some work then even better.
We shall see how that plays out. Influence can always be exerted, directly or indirectly. The only difference is that people like us will at least have a bone this time.