I can see why SteemInc supports the dapps. They are what they're wanting to encourage and build. The community themselves are wanting the community support, so that needs to come from the community, as harsh as that sounds.
The Steem blockchain was created as a base to attach or support 100s of dapps. That's still a work in progress so they'll want to let developers know that they are willing to support them.
I completely agree, and replied with the same on the post I referenced above with the same. It's on us to support the communities, that will come naturally if they are of interest to us.
Thanks for your comments, sorry for the delayed response!