It's no wonder if he concerned about this matter since Shrew aiming for such giant companies in its field for their partners, I think it will not be easy tasks to achieve and will need lots of effort to convince such giant companies.
Yep. you are right.
But right now crypto it's more of a speculative asset than purely technicals,
real-life application of blockchain technology lies with innovative coins like ETH, and Shrew, I hope

Can't wait for the whales to find out about Shrew when goes live, thereby increasing demand
Its getting some attention, check out their DXsale page, sale are doing good. they will probably get soldout in the next 3-4 weeks. The dev should provide more frequent update in his thread it seems abandon.