Hive requires buy in to become a consumer.

How is that different when compared to the thousands of people dropping massive tips constantly upon streams for example, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars annually? How is that different compared to the thousands of people supporting a content creator's Patreon? How is that different when compared to one purchasing movies, games, subscriptions and so on?

It's not different and they all work in the right venues, media content wise each suits different kinds of content differently to some degree but..........

wait till you guys see what I've been doing for you and all the other folks to see what everybody else has been doing!