Indeed, it is. And while Steem has a very protective hardcore crew, there is a lot of entitlement too.
But that's cryptosphere-wide. The unregulated cryptoscene has brought out many hungry wolves and it definitely can be a deterrent for businesses. Of course, humanity has shown that it's a bunch of hungry wolves. In more than 2 decades among online startups I've seen many horrible "investors" and term sheets which even weren't worthy of the shredder but, sadly enough, the cryptoscene is even not at that level of maturity yet.
It seems for now only ROI ASAP matters in this world. That's not how the real world works. Nope.