In the past, DCG said they paid their developers in fiat i.e. they sold dash to pay them a set, reliable salary. The idea being that job security was more important than the fluctuation of the dash price. I assume this is still the case and they haven't switched to dash only payments i.e. the incentives to increase the value of their "company shares" was gone.
You suggest developers wouldn't work for free yet there are many projects that do just that. I'm not saying they deserve nothing but they should have the right incentives, not simply a salary. I get it, we all got bills to pay and some of these jobs are typically highly paid in a commercial setting, I am not ignorant to that.
But what is plain wrong is an environment of entitlement. The dash treasury functions like the social shite of the UK with it's "free healthcare" or social benefits for the unemployed; "why should I work for X hours and Y pay when I can SIT ON MY ARSE ALL DAY and still get paid?". People milking the system to their own selfish needs. Getting sick notes from their doctors for disability money, or running side jobs thinking they're never get caught.. because the government is corrupt as well, right? Well yes, all centralized governments are corrupt and for the UK, the only way to expand their "free healthcare" is to steal more money in taxes.. which in itself has limits, whereas the free market has no such limits or fake rules promoting one group while ignoring another. AND in a truly free market, the government paying more for their workers to steal them from the private sector. Ah yes, great use of the tax payers money, that's what I call value!! (some sarcasm there)
Honestly, it's the most fucked up thing ever and it's hard to see that when you're on the inside looking out.
Or can we say that fake economy "minimum wage" forcing companies to hire fewer people even if someone is willing to work for less? Because something is better than nothing. Ah yeah, the british have a word for that.. "slave labour". Oh okay, but it's okay to outsource to china or Bangladesh, right?
Now, correct me if I'm wrong but DCG did actually function for many years on the arbitrary number of 10% of the block reward. When they went broke, they bribed MNOs to pump their own bags to that other arbitrary number of 20%, which - just like the great british health service - spending got filled out again and is never quite enough. E-n-t-i-t-l-e-m-e-n-t.
So, what are the incentives for DCG to function that they actually think about producing things people want that will in turn make them profitable and independent.. or should I say not dependent and corrupt? Instead of being parasites.. sorry, harsh words but that's exactly what they are because the idea of being profitable is completely absent for them. And yes, in my past I have sponsored small events to promote dash and never once went to the treasury to ask for a refund.