The worst part about this is that the people who would do something about it don't have the power to do it, and the ones who have the power don't give a shit...

I agree with you, competition might spark the need for change, but at this point Hive account@dan is already cashing out and Hive account@ned will probably start doing the same pretty soon. After all they made their bucks for the whole project, so time for the next one.