RE: Does everything have to be free on the hive blockchain?

If you take Ecency, Peakd and Inleo they all have the support of the DHF either for their front-end or for another service that they provide, meaning they get hundreds of dollars every day from the DHF Check proposals. If somebody would want to develop a new front-end app, he would have to compete with these apps that have DHF support and that can provide a service that is seen as free by the users. However, it's not free because all the money that is paid through the DHF has a direct influence on the supply of hive. This is basically printed money and an inflation that is paid by all the people who own Hive.