>Also it's no just convenience, it's also critical mass. If my teenagers are anything to go by you probably couldn't pay people to care about anything unless their friends are already on it/moving onto it and they will always firmly be wherever their favourite celebrities are XD

Definitely. It is a major issue as most people do not understand the negative aspects of doing what they do, or just don't care. Celebrity is one of life's scourges. :)

>I'm hoping the microtransaction thing will make most things feasible to run so that there aren't paywalls for actual important things (like science and news). If things like Netflix want to paywall their tv shows well that's their problem XD

Free transactions on Steem are a huge benefit for this. 

Paywalls are okay, but the problem is when those walls are all controlled by a centralized authority that chooses what is behind them and enforces compliance from users of all kinds. *Post this, don't say that.* I think Steem subscription services will be popular in the future.