Where did you get that? Oh I know, you were conditioned to believe it.

No, that quite literally one of the major drawbacks of real-life monopoly. Lol even you agree. SMTs come, so did RCs, sure, but they were promised long ago.

Also AFAIK Steem isn't full open-source, you can't just start your own blockchain network based on a modified version of the Steem code, unless Steemit Inc approves, like in case of Golos.

I say it because if Steem was truly open-source, monopoly may not be such a big issue when it comes to innovations (Linux is a great example). This way, though, it can indeed become an unhealthy monopoly.