This is the utility of the STEEM token and what gives it value. If we get more and more apps that are able to run profitably on the platform, then buying SP will just be a regular expense for them like paying for server hosting or other services. The cool part is that it's not really an "expense" since they keep the SP they buy and it is an investment.

Really looking forward to that day...

But RC delegation will be implemented in 4? 5? 6 months maybe? Currently are there any apps that delegate a substantial amount of SP (let's say 50?) so that a user can operate their account without thinking that with the next comment their account will "die"?

Of course apps should be detached from Steemit.inc. This is a MUST if we want to move forward.

I wrote a post some months ago and the bottom line was that "I really want to see a new app launch, introduce themselves to the rest of the community and state that we don't want any delegation from anyone. As a matter of fact we've invested in our own project and bought 200K / 300K /500K SP just because we believe in STEEM and in our project as well.

500K SP is ~ 50K $ currently. In most countries one can't even buy 1/5 of a business with this amount of money...and there is always the risk of bankruptcy...

On Steem they can earn from day 1 and attract dozens of people every single day as long as their product is top notch...

As far as I know...only threespeak rely on their own funds...which is remarkable. That's how people should run a business model, at least from where I stand.