IMO people working on EIP, SPS, witnesses, and developers are all making a sincere efforts to improve Steem. If you think anyone is acting against the best interests of Steem overall you are entitled that view and IMO should absolutely call it out.

I do not think this. I think change is positive and has to be done. My original point is the apportionment of the funding.

I am not going to call out individuals but it is the perception of many day to day users that creators are ignored or considered almost a nuisance. You may consider this anecdotal, but as one of those creators in communication with many other creators, that is a perception that is held.

Discussion between witnesses and developers (Steemit in this case). This discussion is advisory and can not truly commit to anything because the witness list may change (see #3 below).

So this advisory discussion involved the witnesses proposing not to shoulder any of the burden of the 10%..?

The true decision may ultimately be the stakeholders but if an unpopular change gets in you know how long it may take to get it out.

There is a release undergoing testing. Which means the code base barring any major defects is almost complete.

Witnesses decide whether to approve/activate the fork implemented by the release. Stakeholders can change witness votes to influence the process.

It's too late at this point. This is reactive. I say be proactive and air concerns before it gets to this stage. The later a change is required in the dev cycle the more expensive that change become to implement.

Hence me airing my concern.