That part I fully understand. There is risk but at the same time, it's not some mysterious unknown entity running the Steem Engine show and I don't have any reason at this point to doubt their trustworthiness. Of course I'm also not stupid and know only a friend can stab you in the back. So of course my guard is up. The airdrops come, I stake, if I lose, I'm not out anything to begin with.
I'll watch and learn. When SMTs come around, I might have a few tricks up my sleeve. For now, I see all this as a good step, progress. Many of these tokens will fail though. It takes so much more than just a few presses of a button to run a business. I'm already seeing some folks are in over their heads, and I can also see some who are on the ball.
The timing though. As we both know, and know it well: there is a severe lack of invested consumers now. The market is too small. That needs to be addressed first, which is probably why this next hardfork comes before the SMT hardfork.
It takes more than just a few presses of a button to run a business.
I like that.