Again, they are a Steemit-backed app in a position of trust yet, they are abusing the trust of the community with such actions and it sets a very bad example for other apps and their development teams. How long until we are just another 'Facebook ( except on a blockchain!)'.
Happy to upvote this article. It's of utmost importance that we stay critical of every project we help grow with blockchain-technology. We can change to way platforms work, but greed is will always be a gigantic factor in how people make their decisions. We can't change that, but we can speak out about it and let them know we won't stand for it. As competition will rise in the future (Steemit won't stay the only decentralised blogging-platform forever), it'll be key for Steemit and it's users to decide how to use this gift. Do we repeat history and fail, or do we really start something new without all the force fed information. Let's hope for Steemit it'll be the latter :)
Indeed. There is a massive opportunity to create something fundamentally different in nature but if the behaviours of the past are repeated, nothing changes.