"...Why did Ned sell to the highest bidder...?"

[citation needed]

Tron may certainly have been the most benevolent of bidders, IMHO.

I am utterly confident that @justinsunsteemit has no intention of rendering his investment in Steem worthless by simply destroying Steem.

That's just silly.

Goolag, Fakebook, et alia would have, but why would they invest $M's to destroy Steem? They are investing such wealth in censoring their own platforms to far greater effect already.