You're definitely right. The fact that cryptocurrency can replace that and that is even the most reason most government are fighting against cryptocurrency because they fear for the future of fiat currency.
However how about if this is removed in contention and monetized with maybe YouTube for example? How about let's take away streaming dapps on steemit and speak about other autonomous dapps for example that may be monetized by let's say ethreum? I think it's going to be a brilliant and cheeky initiative