Steem give most of the power to investors.
I'm not sure what you mean by that? From the FAQ on Steemit
- 65% go to the reward pool, which is split between authors and curators.
- 15% of the new tokens are awarded to holders of Steem Power.
- 10% of the new tokens are awarded to the Steem Proposal System.
- The remaining 10% pays for the witnesses to power the blockchain.
So, 32.5% goes to the content creator directly, 32.5% goes to the people that like the content.
It took me a while to think that this was a good split, but it should encourage more "buyers" to the steem blockchain becuase they are rewarded for finding great stuff. With just sellers (content creators) there isn't a reason to create here. There needs to be a balance.
15% goes directly to the "investors" of Steem. Those are the accounts that hold SteemPower
10% goes to the proposal system that pays for improvements to the blockchain.
Finally, 10% goes to the people that make sure the blockchain runs in the first place.
The Investors
So, only 15% of the reward pool goes directly to the investors of Steem Power ON the blockchain.
The Creators
They get 32.5% of the reward pool that their content produces this helps them pay for the creation of the content
The Curators (consumers)
The curators get rewarded for finding and upvoting great content and get 32.5% of the reward pool. This helps ensure that there the great content floats to the top, and keeps curators active because now there is a real reward to find great content when "sorting by new" because they will get more of the resulting reward the earlier they voted for a HIT.
My preference
I prefer the STEEM way. I haven't looked into the APPICs system, or how dApps run in general. For example, what is the example of a APPICs witness? Do they pay for their entire infrastructure including improvements with just 10%?
The Steem way has 10% for operations and maintenance and another 10% specifically for R&D. This is a stronger breakdown for a long term business.
Those are some of my rambling thoughts on the subject. I'm interested to see what others have to comment.
RE: APPICS vs Steem reward : what do you think ?