Thanks for taking the time to put all this together for us, @meno!

I guess from a strictly rational point of view, we can't blame a business for doing business. But when it comes to the moral part, apparently the DLive team has clearly failed. The fact that they didn't even inform Steemit, Inc before publishing their official announcement is a zero in business ethics.

As a little compensation for our personal suffering (and I fully comprehend your disgust), this behavior will perhaps ruin their future career in the crypto space. Nobody will ever be able to fully trust them. That is the worst basis for an entrepreneur or a team of entrepreneurs.

Yet, that is not where our energy should go now.
We can't turn back time, but we can build our future. So I fully agree on what you said about the need for more transparency. That doesn't only apply for business agreements (e.g. delegations) which are dealt and closed on a higher level, but also for a better education of the community. We can't label an application as a dApp if it effectively is a centralized app.

Do we want businesses to use the influence of the Steem community, our creativity, time, ideas, etc. while they're operating in a closed circle, not committing themselves to our blockchain solutions?

THAT is something we should talk about.
Which are the requirements for businesses to become part of the Steem network?
What does someone has to offer the network in order to get a delegation? Where's the win-win?

Establishing a certain set of rules and requirements will make us become even more professional and attractive to new investors and businesses.

Let's embrace the lesson learned. We can only become better after such an incident.