I am in complete agreement here @terryrall.
That's why I'm gunning for the devs (as in developers - or founders - or whales - or whatever) to see with eyes unclouded by hate and act in defense of this wonderful platform.
...And yeah, downvoting others for whatever reason one tells oneself can be fun... but as Trinity from The Matrix says:
...you have been down there Neo, you know that road, you know exactly where it ends. And I know that's not where you want to be.
Unless the founders themselves have been bought out (or threatened) by Partisan Backers, I have faith that they will act in the best interests of Steemit - and by extension, themselves.
And!
If they're seeing what I'm seeing - if they are seeing what many potential Steemers and Steemians are seeing - they will see that the best way to create value is to create value ... and that adding the option to devalue can only end up going down one road... a road we don't want to go down anymore.