"First mover advantage" has its own challenges and it doesn't give you any privilege to take infinite amount of time for development. To me, the one who comes out of the beta first will have the first mover advantage.
I agree with you that Steem will continue to grow and change. But the one who grows faster will lead the market.
BTW, introduction of GPTs will improve the relevance of "Proof of Brain" a lot. Let's see.
Yeah thats true. Steem still has many problems and the longer it takes to fix these the more it gives others a chance to catch up and become the industry leader.