RE: Free the internet from the free internet
I realize that I'm showing up late to these post parties but I thought you might be mildly interested in this: https://bitpatron.co/ That's your decentralized patreon.
As for getting a lot of registered users jumping onboard, a new problem is apparent. No abundance of dedicated site visitors so it's up for grabs to whomever is prepared, magnetic and want's to promote this. Like you've said- it's gonna take a long time to redirect the heard- or for them to redirect themselves. I wan't to see a lot more day to day utility apps on Steem and there have been a few but you should go look at this if you haven't already. (Im using a handful of these apps already) The number of competing apps of varying quality and usefulness grow faster than they can (or have) come up with a good way to organize but the key features of blockstack are pretty intriguing.