This is my thought too.. Instead I'm expected to code stuff for free chasing some experimental method of trying to wrangle HBD prices. It fucking sucks.
"Cutting off the nose to spite the face"
Is the quote that comes to mind. I trust blocktrades judgement 99.9% of the time, but between you and I think he's totally wrapped up on focusing on the wrong shit (HBD Price) at massive expense to the developer community and thus the health of the HIVE network itself.