This is true. Even a few cents price increase can make you profit.
But if most Hive users would have actual, real, genuine interest in the content, then the price of the Hive would easily be above $1 USD.
But nowadays most people focus so much on the earnings that they forget (do not care) about the content, and some of them step on each other even for a few cents.
I love creating content here on the hive, and I put my heart and soul into it; I also enjoy reading and interacting with my favorite authors. Anyone who focuses only on the money aspect of the hive will be doing themselves a lot of disservice.
Nowadays most Hive users do that.
They do a disservice not only to themselves, but to the whole platform too.
Because they (most Hive users) focus on their own posts.