The long run is what it has always been about regardless of the Hive price which is quite a bit lower now compared to where Steem was when starting the project. I'm somewhat hoping for a new bull run with Hive getting more adoption and a nice price increase which would make the project shine as there will be no power downs and there is no dependency on delegation.
Regardless of what happens, I love the platform still after all these years and am not planning to go anywhere.
Yes, my friend ...
... this is the hard reality for all of us.
Whether it turns around remains to be seen. If there is a bull market, we'll have to hope "a rising tide lifts all boats!"