Well put. I recently in the last couple months took away my previous support for a few projects that I felt were not getting proper support. I won't name them here so as not to detract from them. I did actually like a couple of them. One of them was a front end app that I felt was lacking in proper development and support. They had rolled out changes in what appeared to be a completely un-tested and un-validated method, breaking web functionality for most users beyond basic viewing.

As a past IT professional, this was not the type of paid development resources I was used to seeing, nor was the followup break/fix handled with any sense of urgency, simply comments like "it works in the app, have you tried that instead of web browser". Well, my answer was no. the work I am doing to manage a group is much more time efficient on the computer and web interface. They are welcome to continue their hobby of playing with code, but that level of non-diligence and attitude is not suitable for a production front-end (nor any app imho). Hence, I "fired" them by removing my DHF vote and also removing my 4 figure delegation. I won't go so petty as to downvote them or publicly chastise them, as I believe their founders had good intent and actually liked their interface for a few things. It was a shame to see the sloppy development put an end to my use of it.

Totally agree more transparency is needed here. Not nitpicky, but at least some targets and key milestones of what done in past and what planned for future. As you state, this is a paid effort, not a developer charity and they should act like it.

Just a note, those are in the small minority. The vast majority of dev's are doing a great job I think, and a shame to see the laggards tarnishing those active folks reputation, and causing the need for extra efforts. Kudo's to those that are working hard to improve our platform and keep it running! I certainly want to see their rewards continue to increase and be funded.