Yeah we cant count on them. Blocktrades should be working with other platforms and developers that we can trust to make something useful in a much more dependable time frame.

Unless of course the client (steemit inc) is requesting that they have first option.
It's their money so if that's how they want it ... so be it.

But too many times blockchain projects thing the answer is just creating cool code and it will solve everything... but truth is we have thousands of supposedly brilliant tools that no one uses because they forget user experience and marketing.