He also repeated he won't pay for Hive development forever, something he said with another occasion too.

He does a lot for Hive, and he was integral to us forking from Steemit, him, others and theycallmedan. I think the issue is that people just wants the DHF issues to be curtailed, I guess it brings a feeling that one bleeding part of the ecosystem has been cauterized. By yes, sometimes we focus on the smaller picture, because of worry, doubt and fear