# No grants, just haters

The amount of criticism and defensive rhetoric lobbed at us for our no-grant policy has merely confirmed for us that this action is necessary.

Applying for grants is not a bad thing, but neither is not-applying for grants. They are merely competing funding models and funding models SHOULD compete. It is only when developers have multiple attractive funding models to choose from, that they are as sovereign as their users are. It is only when grant-givers feel comfortable being selective and rejecting applications, that grants are targeted and efficient.

--> Some things would not be built without grants.
--> Some things would be built too slowly without grants.
--> Most developers do not receive grants and this is correct.
--> All developers should have a viable alternative to grants.
--> All developers profit from the work of grant-recipients, indirectly, as they work through the kinks and establish reusable algorithms or communal infrastructure.

## This won't hurt much

We think we're doing everyone a favor -- even the people who are organizing and receiving grants -- as we're normalizing a grant offramp.

Thank us, later. Or throw more tomatoes. Whichever you like. Free country.