Whaleshares has always been a shitcoin and you're trying to determine its downfall based on one parameter; tipping, which is ignorant. What's the big deal if people massively reduce their own tipping habits? Let them earn HIVE inflation and there will always be generous whales who will give some away.
The amount of money given away on Steem and now Hive has ALWAYS been way too high, especially in the boom times and stakeholders were the ones who lost the most, compared to leeches, without any stake and who simply farmed the rewards, powered it down & sold it.