Without those other "negligible" aspects there is no incentive for anyone to run nodes to validate the chain. There is no blockchain. It's those very things that allow these systems to function.
I completely agree with you. I'm just saying that there's a loophole when you're dealing with people who are obsessed with doing "blockchain for ____". If they understood blockchain from a technical perspective, they'd understand that it makes no sense for their application.
You can still work with those people if you revise the definition for "blockchain" in your mind into something that isn't really a blockchain.
You can still work with those people if you revise the definition for "blockchain" in your mind into something that isn't really a blockchain.