I'm unclear why Npower is bad. It seems it is needed by more people than who can get it. Do you have data showing it is more often abused than actually helping the participants? Is your impression that most of the 400k newly admitted will abuse the program in some way instead of making good use of it?
The average payout per post on HIVE is only $0.30. At a post per day, that's only $9 per month. Though there are exceptions, that's the amount someone should expect when joining, not $75/week. I don't even make $75/week and I'm in Abundance Tribe and a dolphin.
To me it sounds like a good idea to do both Npower and also participate in HIVE, not see it as either or. But it sounds like you see some hidden problem with Npower I haven't quite understood from your post.