Why wouldn't you support an alternative view?
You have the Steemit blockchain with the Ninjamined stake now being Venture Capitalist fodder.
Hive provides a decentralised platform without the blurred lines of a master hand behind it.

I think you can have your reservations and also support the blockchain.

This real scenario provides insight into where Cryptos can head, how issues & disagreements can be resolved by creating new tribes.

Both scenarios have potential in my opinion. A merger with Tron, a focused centralised mind to add a marketing spin, a platform people can get behind, it could work or it could die.

The same for hive, can they create good governance, continue the commitment of developers, will new tyrants arise?

I'm looking forward to seeing how the far the "fork" in the roads split.