This is definitely a concern. I think it stems from people worrying that people wont have enough time to curate their posts when there are less upvotes to go around. Reasonable.

The thing is, the more steempower gets spread out, and the more people get used to curating posts and using the system as it should, I can imagine a steemit where paid services are mainly used on other peoples posts.

Giving a gift of a whale vote is totally unexpected and always well received. :)

Thanks for your insights, @sinned