Too be honest, I can barely use the internet as it is so I'm not too sure what this news means for our future, good or bad so I'm not going to weight in on that matter.

With that being said, if you are correct in your analysis and concerns and it would be detrimental to the original idea of steemit. It caught on with a group of users desperate to get away from the mainstream social media control and narrative like taking our freedom back. That is where the community might be at a crossroads as to what we value more, the potential profits or the freedom we came here for? Obviously there will be some that prefer profits over freedom, it's a personal choice after all and we are all motivated by different things the old idea of steemit can remain as long as there is enough committed to it if the tron changes are too steep.