I don't know if you noticed how much the DHF is changing. It is shrinking significantly. Valueplan has only made one proposal this year, and it wasn't fully approved. It was only 80K, whereas by this time last year, they were already close to 500K.
There are 3 large (new) continuation proposals that have gone a month without being approved, and another proposal that has been running for a year and has another one to go, which is currently unfunded. Furthermore, there are very few days left before other major proposals come to an end, and it seems they won't be funded again either.
And why do you think that is? Do we see any fundamental shift on why DHF is used? If Hive price wasn't in the gutter now, together with the growing contestation of more users, I don't think we would see any difference on the status quo. And that's what needs to change.
I think it's a good thing, because it seems that whales are listening to the small fish, thanks to the noise they make. That gives us more power and helps with decentralization.
Hope time proves you right; I'm a little more sceptical :)