I don't have much to say, so I'll keep this short.
Every upgrade to Steem in the past are whack-a-mole knee-jerk changes to the protocol that were supposed to save Steem. Instead, some did bring improvements, but also drawbacks. This has continued for 4 years. Now that it's Hive, they want to cut curation rewards by 75%. Needless to say, if that is implemented I'll quit the platform, for good this time.
But I don't want to criticize this particular change, but the general ethos of the community that has led to this project continuously bleeding out.
Steem has failed, Hive has failed. Giving away free tokens from massive inflation has failed. This whole concept has - unequivocally, absolutely and miserably - failed.
When will the developers learn? It's a complete waste of time making this small changes - they will just lead to one step forward, one step back. Though I'd argue this particular change would be one step forward, three steps back, but that's besides the point. Improving a 0.5/10 project to a 0.6/10 is a complete waste of time.
It's time to throw out the current paradigm for good and start from scratch. Something that's relevant to the crypto space today, and something that'll be sustainable. I have offered enough feedback since 2017, mostly to fall on deaf ears, and I couldn't be arsed to go over it all again. I hate to say it, but at least Ned had a vision and realized in 2018 that this concept had failed, and at least attempted to research and develop a new one (SMT+oracles).
Am I ragequitting Hive yet? No, not quite. But if they cut curation rewards by 75% - hell yeah, I'm done with this absolute catastrophe of a project for good.
If on the other hand, the witnesses acknowledge that their project has failed absolutely, and embark on a complete overhaul with a brand new concept - I'll stick around till there's more clarity.
End rant.