Reading in your post that you are a common hiver makes me feel better. Since I'm the real common Hiver. Being here for almost 4 years, and holding my Hive, most of it bought with my money (from fiat), and believing in the structure and in the community. The things aren't as bright has they appeared to me when I started. We have always services that have to be paid for, because of the technicality, or the cost to maintain generate the blocks. I'm starting to see things with a different lens from what I seen till now. And your post is one real "eye opener". Thank you for making it clear for the other "common users" like me