I don't know how much the people behind Keychain have made over the years, but they have two full time developers now and they do not charge us to use the app. People tend to under-estimate what software development costs.
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Last I saw they get $320K per year from the DHF. That seems a bit extreme to me.
Spread over a witness, two developers and a community manager it seems like less, but it's not up to me to make excuses for them. Thousands use the app (mobile on Android and Apple plus extensions on a couple of browsers), so how much is that each?
If they are also a witness then that's even more rewards for them. I don't really care. I'm just saying there are a lot of people who feel that $320K for a theme refresh is too much. To ignore their point of view would be foolish.
Well people voted for it :)
Really it only takes one or two big accounts to vote for it then after that point it doesn't matter. With no decline option pretty much everything is going to get pushed through if you know the right people. It's a flawed system. Better than what we had with Steemit, but still flawed.
as a newcomer I look at it a bit different. When we know that a few people are still able to put a finger on the scale then it rather than looking at nuance I would just look at whether a project is delivered or not. An an IT manager for more than 23 yrs estimating the ROI of IT is never easy. And there is never really 'just a theme refresh' :) I have not seen their proposal but if they haven't done so maybe finding the use cases would be great. But bottom-line is that if the UX is better and can have an ROI of roping in more new users to use it then it might be worth it. Especially when I hear the DHF is not even completely utilized.
I do agree that ignoring anyone's point of view is foolish. However the people debating it should talk about use case and ROI rather than talk about money as the latter feels like an attack on the people doing the work.
Ok my 2 cents speaking from some IT knowledge and close to zero knowledge :D Please humor me if I was wide off the mark.
I'm an IT Manager a well. I single handedly manage the entire IT Department with only one employee. I don't make anywhere close to $320K per year nor does my worker and we do far more. I stand by my comments.