I agree with you; while I love steemit, there are some VERY MAJOR issues with the platform that will detract a large chunk of users. Especially if the intent is to draw in the owners of other platforms to incorporate with steem.

There's a fair to midland chance that the owners of that platform will get a decrease in profits.

It's not quite analogy, but I'm aware of cases where youtube creators were making thousands per month in videos, and so they start posting here and they get to add an extra 50cents a month... youtube banned their videos so now they are resorting to the donation model.

How would you convince a platform with hundreds of millions of users to combine forces if it means that their venture is now LESS profitable??