Many folks do Hive for the money. That may be why they look at it that way. Though financial reward is good, I am inspired by the opportunity to get paid to write. The creative opportunity is more valuable to me. It develops my skills and the stories and blog I write can be used elsewhere. It is not all about money. I write also in protection of family and children as a truther. It is nice to not have to worry about censorship.
Lot of things can get done for the money, but if it is seen as a job, you'd want to be good at it, right? Seems people want to be paid, no matter the quality of the job they do.
And yes, it is good to not have to worry about the BS rules of centralized platforms.