fucking finally! I kept reading so many posts the last days/weeks regarding that matter, that honestly came out of nowhere, like we solved the real issues and for some reason, we now have to the APR just because. A very interesting thing that you pointed out as well, which i did also a week or so ago was the people that were talking about it.

If you look for example at my wallet i basically have around the same amount in dollars both in HBD and HP. Now i remember a post with a question asked on how much APR in HBD we want. A lot of people said something between 10%-15% and used some of the arguments that you destroyed above! All of these people and i literally mean all that mentioned the 10%-15% APR had either 0 or like 100-150HBD tops, the majority was 0. As my old gamer self was saying back in the days ffs.

Based on their own beliefs these people hold only Hive which is fine by me, but if you don't agree with something, or don't want something, or don't understand something, or don't use something, why talk? Do your actual research first and then talk. There real issues that we have to deal with and instead we try to find ways to place obstacles to ourselves and our community!

The best (worst) argument i read, is that an outsider will see 20% APR and consider Hive a scam. First of all, that particular outsider will have the crypto is a scam mindset or he/she will be generally quite afraid of cryptos. 7 years ago when i discovered and joined Steemit, i had the window open before creating an account for 3-6 months because i was afraid and could not believe that i could earn writing anything i wanted to. If i managed to get in and be here for 7 years, i think anyone can :p

btw after i saw the 19% APR i changed over 10 of my witness votes