I love your videos, always. Upvoted.
Your thoughts on the DAO do not consider that time itself is on the side of the blockchain, not the devs. Why overpay early adopters, when you can wait around for someone to do the work for free/at a low price.
As time passes, competition naturally increases. Sometimes it's better to just wait, instead of getting ripped off.
What if a new @yabapmatt appears out of the wild tomorrow and does the work we're paying for but better and for free? What if he does it to build reputation? What if he does it to increase the adoption of the chain on which his Business (Splinterlands) makes money?
What if I learn to code and do it for free to build a reputation on HIVE?
The probability of these events have to be accounted for when looking at the price of a proposal, otherwise you would vote all needed proposals for any price. Even if it asks for 100% of the budget.
That's why I only vote when I think it's good value for the money, and by the way I vote most proposals.
Many devs work for free, many do not get funded in the DAO and still do the work in their proposal. Because they love what is being built on HIVE, and that's the point. We should take risks, not milk the funds.
Funds can be used to pay for servers, advertisements, outside contractors. We have to tap into this, not just fund everything.
When someone has skin in the game, he's going to buidl whether he's paid or not. So why waste money on a guy who's going to do the work anyway? Because we're kind? Kumbaya?
I'm going to leave you with one last question, which will hopefully change your mind. Dan, why do you invest in 3speak, and not ask for funding?
Edit - I just had a look at proposal votes and we pretty much have the exact same votes. So I guess we do agree in the end.