People tend to have very interesting attitudes concerning money. I saw similar arguments against Steemit on YouTube. What does YouTube pay you for using their service? Nothing. Twitter? Nothing. FaceBook? Nothing. What did it cost you to join Steemit? Nothing. They will spend their time conversing on these "free"platforms telling you Steemit is a scam, preferring to put themselves in an environment where there is absolutely no opportunity for income whatsoever? They prefer to provide their personal information for free so the service can sell that information to the highest bidder? Do you have to sit through endless advertisement you aren't interested in here? No you don't. I don't get some people sometimes.