You speak on this kind of thing a lot, and I'm glad to see you haven't slowed down. Account ownership is one of the key factors that drew me to Hive. Many years ago I got banned from facebook for too many friend requests. Someone showed up in my "you may know because your friends with etc"., section so I'd click the damn button, and one day I got banned for a week over it. No warning or indication I wasn't following the ToS, just a very brief explanation that I was no longer welcome because I followed the prompts the site put in front of me.
When I found Steem I was certainly interested in the crypto/blockchain aspect, but it really sucked. If Splinterlands (Steemmonsters back then) hadn't built on this chain I would have abandoned it well before the fork. But as luck would have it I stuck around to play a dumb card game and ended up finding the only place I've ever known that feels like home.
I'd like to re-emphasize that. Hive is my home. I have my own room here and I come and go as I please. I participate, or not at my leisure, and I may wake up tomorrow to realize all my followers have abandoned me, yet I'll always have a place here. That's why I love Hive.
The idea of true account ownership does not resonate with many people as of yet. I have a feeling with that account is tied to a wallet with assets in it, then people might have a different outlook.
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